нани-на

Bulgarian

Etymology

Parentese.

Interjection

на́ни-на́ • (náni-ná)

1. (childish) Expression for pacifying babies and making them go to sleep

Derived terms

• на́нам (nánam), на́нкам (nánkam, “to sleep”) (factitive verbs)

References

• “нани”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “нани”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Nayden Gerov (1899) “на́нни”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎^[1] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 192
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “нани, нани-на, нани-нани”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 488