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Language context for this entry: Urdu
/kə.nə̯j.jɑː/ · Urdu (colloquial)
01 / Meaning & origin
کنہیا is a masculine given name documented in Urdu. English Wiktionary traces it to Sanskrit कृष्ण via Prakrit.
Diminutive of कांह (kāṃha)/कान्ह (kānha), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀳 (kaṇha), from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa). Doublet of کرشن (kirśn, learned borrowing) and کشن (kiśan, semi-learned borrowing). Cognate to Assamese কানু (kanu), কানাই (kanai), Bengali কান (kano), কানাই (kanai), Gujarati કાનો (kāno), કાનુડો (kānuḍo).
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