कन्यकुब्ज

Compound of कन्य (kanya) +‎ कुब्ज (kubja).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐn.jɐ.kub.d͡ʑɐ/,
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐn̪.jɐˈkub.d͡ʑɐ/,

कन्यकुब्ज • (kanyakubja) stem, n

1. Kannauj (a historical region of Uttar Pradesh, India)

• कान्यकुब्ज (kānyakubja)

• Prakrit: 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚 (kaṇṇaüjja)
  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Eastern Hindi:
      • Old Awadhi: kanaüja

        Devanagari script: कनउज

        Kaithi script: 𑂍𑂢𑂇𑂔

    • Western Hindi:
      • Braj: कनोज (kanoj), कनौज (kanauj)
      • Hindi: कन्नौज (kannauj)
      • Kannauji: कन्नौज
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Bengali: কনৌজ (konōuj), কন্নৌজ (konnōuj)
    • Odia: କନଉଜ (kanauja), କାନଉଜ (kānauja)

• Monier Williams (1899) “कन्यकुब्ज”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 249, column 1.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कन्य”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 62
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kanyakubja”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 137