कन्हैया

Hindi

Etymology

Diminutive of कान्हा (kānhā), from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kṛṣṇa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kən.ɦəiː.jɑː/

Proper noun

कन्हैया • (kanhaiyā) m

(Hinduism, bhakti) beloved Krishna: a name for Krishna
A male given name, equivalent to English Kanhaiya

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कन्हैया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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