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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit अकन्या (akanyā). By surface analysis, अ- (a-) + कन्या (kanyā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ə.kən.jɑː/,
Noun
अकन्या • (akanyā) f
- not a virgin; a female who has lost her virginity or has had sexual intercourse
Declension
Declension of अकन्या (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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अकन्या
akanyā
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अकन्याएँ
akanyāẽ
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| oblique
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अकन्या
akanyā
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अकन्याओं
akanyāõ
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| vocative
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अकन्या
akanyā
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अकन्याओ
akanyāo
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Further reading
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
From अ- (a-, negative) + कन्या (kanyā̀, “virgin”).
Pronunciation
Noun
अकन्या • (akanyā) stem, f
- (Classical Sanskrit) not a virgin; a female who has lost her virginity or has had sexual intercourse
Declension
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899) “अकन्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “akanyā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “अकन्या”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “अकन्या”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press