कनीयस्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • কনীয়স্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᬦᬷᬬᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • কনীয়স্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰡𑰱𑰧𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀦𑀻𑀬𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • ကနီယသ် (Burmese script)
  • કનીયસ્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਨੀਯਸ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑌨𑍀𑌯𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦤꦷꦪꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂢𑂲𑂨𑂮𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕನೀಯಸ್ (Kannada script)
  • កនីយស៑ (Khmer script)
  • ກນີຍສ຺ (Lao script)
  • കനീയസ് (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᠠᠨᡳᡳᠶᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘡𑘲𑘧𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᠨᠢᠢᠶ᠋ᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧁𑧓𑧇𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐣𑐷𑐫𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
  • କନୀଯସ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢥꢷꢫꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆤𑆵𑆪𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖡𑖱𑖧𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • කනීයස් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩯𑩑𑩛𑩻𑪁 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚝𑚯𑚣𑚨𑚶 (Takri script)
  • கநீயஸ் (Tamil script)
  • కనీయస్ (Telugu script)
  • กนียสฺ (Thai script)
  • ཀ་ནཱི་ཡ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒢𑒲𑒨𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨝𑨁𑨊𑨪𑨰𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to कन्या (kanyā, “maiden, virgin”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

कनीयस् • (kanīyas) stem

  1. younger (like a younger brother or sister, younger son or daughter)
  2. smaller, less, inferior, very small or insignificant

Declension

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References
  • Monier Williams (1899) “कनीयस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 248/3, 249/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 297
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