Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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kaññā : [m.] a girl; maiden.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Kaññā (f.) [from kanīna young, compar. kanīyah, superl. kaniṣṭha; orig. "newly sprung" from *qen, cp. Gr. kaino/s, Vedic kanyā, Lat. re -- cen(t)s, Ags. hindema "novissimus." See also kaniṭṭha] a young (unmarried) woman, maiden, girl Pv i.111. -- As emblem of beauty in simile khattiya -- kaññā vā . . . pannarasa -- vassuddesikā vā solasa -- vassuddesikā vā . . . M i.88; in combn khattiya -- kaññā, brāhmaṇa -- k˚, etc. A ii.205; iv.128; Kisāgotamī nāma khattiya -- k˚ J i.60; deva˚ a celestial nymph J i.61.
-- dāna giving away of a girl in marriage Pgdp 85.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Related
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kanna zen , kaṇṇabaddha , kaṇṇabhūsā , kaṇṇabila , kaṇṇacchidda , kankuṭṭhaka , kaṅkuṣṭha , kaṅkūṣa , kaṅku , kāṅkṣāyitva
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