नना
Sanskrit edit
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- ননা (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- ননা (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- နနာ (Burmese script)
- નના (Gujarati script)
- ਨਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ನನಾ (Kannada script)
- ននា (Khmer script)
- ນນາ (Lao script)
- നനാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ନନା (Odia script)
- ꢥꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- නනා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- நநா (Tamil script)
- ననా (Telugu script)
- นนา (Thai script)
- ན་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *nan(n)-eh₂- (“mother; older female relative”), imitative of baby-talk. Compare Albanian nënë (“mother”), Shughni на̄н (nān, “mother”), Serbo-Croatian nána (“mother”), English nanny, Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē), νάννη (nánnē), Messapic ana, Welsh nain, Persian ننه (nane), Ukrainian неня (nenja), Russian няня (njanja).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
नना • (nanā́) stem, f
- mother, mummy
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.112.3:
- कारुरहं ततो भिषगुपलप्रक्षिणी नना।
नानाधियोवसूयवो अनु घा इव तस्थिमेन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव॥- kārurahaṃ tato bhiṣagupalaprakṣiṇī nanā.
nānādhiyovasūyavo anu ghā iva tasthimendrāyendo pari srava. - I am a poet, my father is a physician and my mother lays corn upon the stones.
Striving for wealth, with varied plans, we follow our desires like kine. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
- kārurahaṃ tato bhiṣagupalaprakṣiṇī nanā.
- कारुरहं ततो भिषगुपलप्रक्षिणी नना।
Declension edit
| Feminine ā-stem declension of नना (nanā́) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | नना nanā́ |
नने nané |
ननाः nanā́ḥ |
| Vocative | नने náne |
नने náne |
ननाः nánāḥ |
| Accusative | ननाम् nanā́m |
नने nané |
ननाः nanā́ḥ |
| Instrumental | ननया / नना¹ nanáyā / nanā́¹ |
ननाभ्याम् nanā́bhyām |
ननाभिः nanā́bhiḥ |
| Dative | ननायै nanā́yai |
ननाभ्याम् nanā́bhyām |
ननाभ्यः nanā́bhyaḥ |
| Ablative | ननायाः / ननायै² nanā́yāḥ / nanā́yai² |
ननाभ्याम् nanā́bhyām |
ननाभ्यः nanā́bhyaḥ |
| Genitive | ननायाः / ननायै² nanā́yāḥ / nanā́yai² |
ननयोः nanáyoḥ |
ननानाम् nanā́nām |
| Locative | ननायाम् nanā́yām |
ननयोः nanáyoḥ |
ननासु nanā́su |
| Notes |
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Descendants edit
- Khowar: نَن (nan)
Further reading edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “नना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 526.