कनीयस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

কনীয়স্ (Assamese script)
ᬓᬦᬷᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
কনীয়স্ (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰡𑰱𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀦𑀻𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ကနီယသ် (Burmese script)
કનીયસ્ (Gujarati script)
ਕਨੀਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦤꦷꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂢𑂲𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಕನೀಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
កនីយស៑ (Khmer script)
ກນີຍສ຺ (Lao script)
കനീയസ് (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᠨᡳᡳᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘡𑘲𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᠨᠢᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧁𑧓𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐣𑐷𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
କନୀଯସ୍ (Odia script)
ꢒꢥꢷꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆤𑆵𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖡𑖱𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
කනීයස් (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚝𑚯𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
கநீயஸ் (Tamil script)
కనీయస్ (Telugu script)
กนียสฺ (Thai script)
ཀ་ནཱི་ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒢𑒲𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kaníHyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaníHyas, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.níː.jɐs/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ.n̪iː.jɐs̪/

Adjective

कनीयस् • (kanī́yas) stem

younger (like a younger brother or sister, younger son or daughter)
smaller, less, inferior, very small or insignificant

Declension

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References

Monier Williams (1899) “कनीयस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 248/3, 249/1.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 297