नव्व्याण्णव

Marathi

Alternative forms

• नव्याण्णव (navyāṇṇav)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘡𑘪𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘼 (navhāṇau), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀡𑀯𑀡𑀉𑀇 (ṇavaṇaüi), 𑀡𑀯𑀡𑀯𑀇 (ṇavaṇavaï), from Sanskrit नवनवति (navanavati). Compare Gujarati નવ્વાણું (navvāṇũ), Hindustani نِنْیَانَوے (ninyānave) / निन्यानवे (ninyānve), نِنَانْوے (ninānve) / निनानवे (ninānve), Sindhi نَوانَويِ / नवानवे, Punjabi ਨੜ੍ਹਿਨਵੇਂ (naṛhinvẽ) / نَڑِھنْویں (naṛhinveṉ), Maithili निनान्नबे (ninānnabē) / 𑒢𑒱𑒢𑒰𑒢𑓂𑒢𑒥𑒹 (ninānnabē), Bengali নিরানব্বই (niranbboi), Assamese নিৰানব্বৈ (niranobboi), Dhivehi ނަވާނަވައި (navānavai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəʋ.ʋjaɳ.ɳəʋ/

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Numeral

नव्व्याण्णव • (navvyāṇṇav)

1. ninety-nine

Further reading

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नव्याण्णव”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “नव्याण्णव”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “navanavati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press