نیانا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अज्ञान (ajñāna), or from Sanskrit न जानन्त् (na jānant, “not knowing”), as per Turner.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /nɪ.jäː.ɳäː/, [ne.jäː.ɳäː]
• Rhymes: -äː

Adjective

نْیاݨا • (nyāṇā) (feminine نیاݨی, Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਆਣਾ)

1. young, little, naive
2. unknowing

Declension

Declension of نیانا
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	نْیاݨا (nyāṇā)	نْیاݨے (nyāṇe)		نْیاݨی (nyāṇī)	نْیاݨیاں (nyāṇīyāṉ)
oblique	نْیاݨے (nyāṇe)	نْیاݨیْاں (nyāṇiyāṉ)		نْیاݨی (nyāṇī)	نْیاݨیاں (nyāṇīyāṉ)

Noun

نْیاݨا • (nyāṇā) m (feminine نیاݨی, Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਆਣਾ)

1. a young, little; naive boy

   Synonym: بچہ (bacca)

Declension

Declension of نیانا
dir. sg.	نْیاݨا
dir. pl.	نْیاݨے
	singular	plural
direct	نْیاݨا	نْیاݨے
oblique	نْیاݨے	نْیاݨیاں
vocative	نْیاݨیا	نْیاݨیو
ablative	نْیاݨیوں	—
locative	نْیاݨے	—
instrumental	نْیاݨے	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نیانا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਨਿਆਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “na jānant”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 398