कन्याकुमारी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil கன்னியாகுமரி (kaṉṉiyākumari). By surface analysis, कन्या (kanyā) +‎ कुमारी (kumārī).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kən.jɑː.kʊ.mɑː.ɾiː/, [kɐ̃ɲ.jäː.kʊ.mäː.ɾiː]
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: क‧न्या‧कु‧मा‧री, कन्‧या‧कु‧मा‧री

Proper noun

कन्याकुमारी • (kanyākumārī) f (Urdu spelling کَنیاکُماری)

  1. Kanyakumari (a town in Tamil Nadu, India)
    • 2013, “कश्मीर मैं, तू कन्याकुमारी [kaśmīr ma͠i, tū kanyākumārī]”, in Amitabh Bhattacharya (lyrics), Vishal–Shekhar (music), Chennai Express (soundtrack), performed by Arijit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Neeti Mohan:
      कश्मीर मैं, तू कन्याकुमारी
      उत्तर ने दक्षिण को अफ़लातून आँख मारी
      कश्मीर तू, मैं कन्याकुमारी
      तेल बेचने जाए तो फिर ये दुनिया सारी
      kaśmīr ma͠i, tū kanyākumārī
      uttar ne dakṣiṇ ko aflātūn ā̃kh mārī
      kaśmīr tū, ma͠i kanyākumārī
      tel becne jāe to phir ye duniyā sārī
      I am Kashmir, and you are Kanyakumari
      The North cleverly winked at the South
      You are Kashmir, and I am Kanyakumari
      Let the world be ignored and forgotten then.

Declension

Declension of कन्याकुमारी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct कन्याकुमारी
kanyākumārī 		कन्याकुमारियाँ
kanyākumāriyā̃
oblique कन्याकुमारी
kanyākumārī 		कन्याकुमारियों
kanyākumāriyõ
vocative कन्याकुमारी
kanyākumārī 		कन्याकुमारियो
kanyākumāriyo

References

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