कनखी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (*kaṇṇakkhi), from Sanskrit *कर्णाक्षि (karṇākṣi), from कर्ण (karṇa, “side, ear”) +‎ अक्षि (akṣi, “eye, glance”)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kən.kʰiː/, [kɐ̃n.kʰiː]

Noun

कनखी • (kankhī) f

1. a side-glance, wink

   कनखियों से देखना ― kankhiyõ se dekhnā ― to look out of the corner of one's eye

2. a leer, ogling

Declension

Declension of कनखी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कनखी kankhī	कनखियाँ kankhiyā̃
oblique	कनखी kankhī	कनखियों kankhiyõ
vocative	कनखी kankhī	कनखियो kankhiyo

Derived terms

• कनखी मारना (kankhī mārnā, “to wink”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karṇākṣi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कनखी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press