परनानी

Hindi

Etymology

From पर- (par-, “great”) +‎ नानी (nānī, “maternal grandmother”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.nɑː.niː/, [pɐɾ.näː.niː]

Noun

परनानी • (parnānī) f (masculine परनाना, Urdu spelling پرنانی)

1. maternal great-grandmother

Declension

Declension of परनानी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	परनानी parnānī	परनानियाँ parnāniyā̃
oblique	परनानी parnānī	परनानियों parnāniyõ
vocative	परनानी parnānī	परनानियो parnāniyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “परनानी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press