نانی

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Feminine of نانا (nānā).

Noun

نانی (nānī)

1. maternal grandmother

Urdu

Etymology

Feminine of نانا (nānā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.niː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: نا‧نی

Noun

نانی • (nānī) f (male equivalent نانا (nānā))

1. maternal grandmother

Declension

Declension of نانی

	singular	plural
direct	نانی (nānī)	نانِیاں (nāniyā̃)
oblique	نانی (nānī)	نانِیوں (nāniyō̃)
vocative	نانی (nānī)	نانِیو (nāniyō)

Related terms

• دادی (dādī)

References

• “نانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.