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कनीज़. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian کنیز (kanīz), from Middle Persian (knyck' /kanīzag/), diminutive of (knyk' /kanīg/, “maid”) from Proto-Iranian *kanyáH (“small girl; maiden”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kanyáH, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-. Doublet of कन्या (kanyā). Compare Punjabi ਕਨੀਜ਼ (kanīz) / کَنیز (kanez).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə.niːz/, , /kə.niːd͡ʒ/,
- Rhymes: -iːz
Noun
कनीज़ • (kanīz) f (Urdu spelling کنیز)
- maidservant, handmaid, slave-girl
- Synonyms: दासी (dāsī), बाँदी (bā̃dī), लौंडी (lauṇḍī), सेविका (sevikā)
Declension
Declension of कनीज़ (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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कनीज़ kanīz
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कनीज़ें kanīzẽ
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oblique
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कनीज़ kanīz
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कनीज़ों kanīzõ
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vocative
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कनीज़ kanīz
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कनीज़ो kanīzo
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