کنیز
Persian
editEtymology
editA variant of کنیزک (kanizak), from Middle Persian [script needed] (knyck' /kanīzag/), diminutive of [script needed] (knyk' /kanīg/, “maid”) from Proto-Iranian *kanyáH (“small girl; maiden”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH. Cognate with Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā).
Noun
editکنیز • (kaniz)
Descendants
editUrdu
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Classical Persian کنیز (kaniz), from Proto-Iranian *kanyáH (“small girl; maiden”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH. Doublet of کنّیا (kannayā).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kə.niːz/
- Rhymes: -iːz
Noun
editکَنِیز • (kanīz) f (Hindi spelling कनीज़)
Declension
editDeclension of کنیز | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
direct | کنیز (kanīz) | کنیزیں (kanīzẽ) | ||||||
oblique | کنیز (kanīz) | کنیزوں (kanīzõ) | ||||||
vocative | کنیز (kanīz) | کنیزو (kanīzo) |
References
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- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Persian terms inherited from Middle Persian
- Persian terms derived from Middle Persian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Persian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Persian lemmas
- Persian nouns
- Urdu terms borrowed from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms derived from Classical Persian
- Urdu terms derived from Proto-Iranian
- Urdu terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Urdu doublets
- Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Urdu/iːz
- Rhymes:Urdu/iːz/2 syllables
- Urdu lemmas
- Urdu nouns
- Urdu feminine nouns
- Urdu nouns with declension
- Urdu feminine consonant-stem nouns