نن

Brahui

Etymology

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Noun

نَن (nan)

1. night

Pronoun

نَن (nan)

1. we

Further reading

• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3621”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3647”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Mozarabic

Alternative forms

• نون (nūn)

Etymology

From Latin nōn (“not”).

Adverb

نن (nun)

1. not
   • c. 1100, al-Aʕmā al-Tuṭīlī, Kharja A17 :

     نن درمري ممّا

     nun dərmirəyyu mammā

     I will not sleep, mother

Notes

• Corriente reads ⟨nn⟩, which he interprets as a Mozarabic non.

Persian

Noun

نن • (nan)

1. (dialectal, Kazerun) mama

See also

• مادر (mâdar)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English nun.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nən/
• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

نن • (nan) f (Hindi spelling नन)

1. nun

   Synonym: راہبہ (rāhiba)