नजराणा
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Marathi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian نذرانه (nazrāna), suffixed from Arabic نَذْر (naḏr, literally “vow; anything consecrated to God; pious gift; present to superior”). Compare Gujarati નજરાણું (najrāṇũ), Hindustani نَذْرانہ / नज़राना (nazrānā), Sindhi نَذرانو, Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਰਾਨਾ (nazrānā) / نَذرانہ (naẕrānh), Maithili नजराना (najᵊrānā) / 𑒢𑒖𑒩𑒰𑒢𑒰 (najarānā), Odia ନଜରାନା (nôjôrana), Bengali নজরানা (nojrana).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
नजराणा • (najrāṇā) m
Further reading[edit]
- Berntsen, Maxine, “नजराणा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नजराणा”, 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) “नजराणा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).