نانا
Urdu
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Etymology
editInherited from Middle Hindi نانا (nana) (c. 1564),[1] from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀦 (*nānna, “term for an older male relative”),[2] from baby talk.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɑː.nɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: نا‧نا
Noun
editنانا • (nānā) m (feminine نانی (nānī), Hindi spelling नाना)
- maternal grandfather
- Synonym: (endearing) نانو (nāno)
- (Islam, figuratively) Imam Hussain and (by extension) his grandfather Muhammad.
Declension
editDeclension of نانا | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | نانا (nānā) | نانے (nāne) |
oblique | نانے (nāne) | نانوں (nānõ) |
vocative | نانے (nāne) | نانو (nāno) |
References
editFurther reading
editMore information
- “نانا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “نانا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “نانا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “نانا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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