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نانا

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Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀡𑁆𑀡 (ṇaṇṇa). compare Urdu نانا (nānā).

Noun

نانا (nānā) m

maternal grandfather (mother's father)

Urdu

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi نانا (nana) (c. 1564),^[1] from Prakrit 𑀡𑀡𑁆𑀡 (ṇaṇṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-),^[2] ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery reduplication

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.nɑː/
Rhymes: -ɑː
Hyphenation: نا‧نا

Noun

نانا • (nānā) m (female equivalent نانی (nānī), Hindi spelling नाना)

maternal grandfather
Synonym: (endearing) نانو (nāno)
(Islam, figuratively) Imam Hussain and (by extension) his grandfather Muhammad.

Declension

Declension of **نانا**
	singular	plural
direct	نانا (nānā)	نانے (nāne)
oblique	نانے (nāne)	نانوں (nānõ)
vocative	نانے (nāne)	نانو (nāno)

References

^ “نانا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*nānna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 405

Further reading

More information

“نانا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Platts, John T. (1884), “نانا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Fallon, S. W. (1879), “نانا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
John Shakespear (1834), “نانا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

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