Knyaz

Historical Slavic title

A knyaz, also knez, knjaz, kniaź or kniaz (Church Slavonic: кънѧѕь, romanized: kŭnędzĭ), is a historical Slavic title, used both as a royal and noble title in different times. It is usually translated into English as 'prince', 'king' or 'duke', depending on specific historical context and the potentially known Latin equivalents at the time; the word was originally derived from the common Germanic *kuningaz ('king'). Feminine forms of the word may be divided into two groups: "Princess", be it princess consort (wife of a reigning prince), princess regnant (reigning princess suo jure), or princess regent (reigning on behalf of an underage prince, usually her son after her husband's death) Belarusian: kniahinia (княгіня) Bulgarian and Russian: knyaginya (княгиня) Polish: kniaginia Slovene, Serbo-Croatian, and Macedonian: kneginja (in Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic: кнегиња) Ukrainian: knyahynya (княгиня) "Daughter of the prince" Belarusian: kniazioŭna (князёўна) Polish: kniaziówna Russian: knyazhna (княжна; the son of a knyaz is knyazhich (княжич in its old form).

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