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Hindi verb set
नवना (navnā)
नवाना (navānā)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀫𑁂𑀤𑀺 (ṇamedi), from Sanskrit नमयति (namáyati), from नम् (nam, bow).[1]

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नवाना (navānā) (transitive, Urdu spelling نوانا)

  1. to bow, kneel, bend
    Synonym: झुकाना (jhukānā)
    सर नवानाsar navānāto bow [one's head]

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References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “námati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press