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कनीयस्

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kaníHyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaníHyas, from Proto-Indo-European *ken-.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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कनीयस् (kanī́yas) 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

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  • 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]‎[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 297