نانه

Malay

Alternative forms

• nanah

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *nanah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nanaq, from Proto-Austronesian *naNaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nanah/
• Rhymes: -anah, -nah, -ah

Noun

نانه (Rumi spelling nanah)

1. pus (fluid found in regions of infection)

Verb

نانه (Rumi spelling nanah, used in the form منانه)

1. to fester (become septic or rotten)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic نَعْنَاع (naʕnāʕ, “mint”).

Noun

نانه • (nane)

1. mint, plant in the genus Mentha

Descendants

• Turkish: nane

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “نانه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1267
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “نانه”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, columns 5119–5120
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “nane”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “نانه”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2068