קניה

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Proper noun

קֶנְיָה • (kenya) f

1. Kenya (a country in East Africa)

Further reading

• קניה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he

Etymology 2

Noun

קְנִיָּה • (kniyá) f

1. defective spelling of קנייה.

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew קניה.

Noun

קניה • (kniye) f, plural קניות (kniyes)

1. a purchase

References

• Steven A. Jacobson (1998) A Guide to the More Common Hebraic Words in Yiddish, 5th edition, Fairbanks, AK: National Yiddish Book Center, →ISBN, page 155