कानी
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɑː.niː/, [käː.niː]
- Rhymes: -ɑː.niː, -iː
- Hyphenation: का‧नी
Etymology 1
Adjective
कानी • (kānī) f (Urdu spelling کانی)
- feminine of काना (kānā)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit कनीनी (kanīnī, “the little finger”).
Adjective
कानी • (kānī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کانی)
- the little finger
- Synonyms: कनिष्ठा (kaniṣṭhā), छिगुनी (chigunī)
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कानी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کاني”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.