નંઢો

Kachchi

Alternative forms

• નિંઢો (niṇḍho)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀁𑀠 (*naṃḍha). Cognate with Sindhi نَنْڍو / नंढो / 𑋑𑋟𑋋𑋧 (naṇḍho), Saraiki نَݨْڈَھا / नंढा (naṇḍhā) / 𑊚𑊕𑊔 (nṇḍh).

Adjective

નંઢો (naṇḍho) (Khudawadi 𑋑𑋟𑋋𑋧, Perso-Arabic نَنْڍو, Khojki 𑈞𑈴𑈗𑈲)

1. small

Declension

Declension of નંઢો
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
nominative	નંઢો (naṇḍho)	નંઢા (naṇḍhā)		નંઢી (naṇḍhī)	નંઢ્યું (naṇḍhyũ)
vocative	નંઢા (naṇḍhā)	નંઢા (naṇḍhā)		નંઢી (naṇḍhī)	નંઢ્યું (naṇḍhyũ)
oblique	નંઢે (naṇḍhe)	નંઢેં (naṇḍhẽ)		નંઢી (naṇḍhī)	નંઢીએં (naṇḍhīẽ)

Derived terms

• નંઢપણ (naṇḍhpaṇ)
• નંઢો કેણુ (naṇḍho keṇu, “to make small”)

References

• Shantibhai Purushottam Acharya (1966) “નિન્ઢો”, in કચ્છી શબ્દાવલિ [kacchī śabdāvli, Kacchī Vocabulary] (in Gujarati), Ahmedabad: Navajivan Trust, page 52, column 1.
• Shantibhai Purushottam Acharya (1966) “nɪnḍho keṇu”, in Segmental Phonemes of Kacchi, Ahmedabad: Gujarat University, page 36.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*naṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 398