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 (najarānā), Bengali নজরানা (nojrana).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]नजराणा • (najrāṇā) m
Further reading
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नजराणा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- 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).