ननान्दृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ননান্দৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬦᬵᬦ᭄ᬤᬺ (Balinese script)
• ননান্দৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰡𑰯𑰡𑰿𑰟𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀦𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀤𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• နနာန္ဒၖ (Burmese script)
• નનાન્દૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਨਾਨ੍ਦ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌨𑌾𑌨𑍍𑌦𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦤꦴꦤ꧀ꦢꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂢𑂰𑂢𑂹𑂠𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ನನಾನ್ದೃ (Kannada script)
• ននាន្ទ្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ນນານ຺ທ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• നനാന്ദൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠨᡩᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘡𑘰𑘡𑘿𑘟𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᠨᠠᢗᠨᢑᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧁𑧑𑧁𑧠𑦿𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐣𑐵𑐣𑑂𑐡𑐺 (Newa script)
• ନନାନ୍ଦୃ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢥꢵꢥ꣄ꢣꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆤𑆳𑆤𑇀𑆢𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖡𑖯𑖡𑖿𑖟𑖴 (Siddham script)
• නනාන්‍දෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩯𑩛𑩯 𑪙𑩭𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚝𑚭𑚝𑚶𑚛 (Takri script)
• நநாந்த்³ரி (Tamil script)
• ననాన్దృ (Telugu script)
• นนานฺทฺฤ (Thai script)
• ན་ནཱ་ནྡྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒢𑒰𑒢𑓂𑒠𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨝𑨊𑨝𑩇𑨛𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nánāndā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nánāndā.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́.nɑːn.dr̩/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.n̪ɑːn̪.d̪r̩/

Noun

नना॑न्दृ • (nánāndṛ) stem, f

1. sister-in-law (husband's sister)
   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda

Declension

Feminine ṛ-stem declension of नना॑न्दृ

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नना॑न्दा (nánāndā)	नना॑न्दरौ (nánāndarau) नना॑न्दरा¹ (nánāndarā¹)	नना॑न्दरः (nánāndaraḥ)
accusative	नना॑न्दरम् (nánāndaram)	नना॑न्दरौ (nánāndarau) नना॑न्दरा¹ (nánāndarā¹)	नना॑न्दॄः (nánāndṝḥ)
instrumental	नना॑न्द्रा (nánāndrā)	नना॑न्दृभ्याम् (nánāndṛbhyām)	नना॑न्दृभिः (nánāndṛbhiḥ)
dative	नना॑न्द्रे (nánāndre)	नना॑न्दृभ्याम् (nánāndṛbhyām)	नना॑न्दृभ्यः (nánāndṛbhyaḥ)
ablative	नना॑न्दुः (nánānduḥ)	नना॑न्दृभ्याम् (nánāndṛbhyām)	नना॑न्दृभ्यः (nánāndṛbhyaḥ)
genitive	नना॑न्दुः (nánānduḥ)	नना॑न्द्रोः (nánāndroḥ)	नना॑न्दॄणाम् (nánāndṝṇām)
locative	नना॑न्दरि (nánāndari)	नना॑न्द्रोः (nánāndroḥ)	नना॑न्दृषु (nánāndṛṣu)
vocative	नना॑न्दः (nánāndaḥ)	नना॑न्दरौ (nánāndarau) नना॑न्दरा¹ (nánāndarā¹)	नना॑न्दरः (nánāndaraḥ)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡𑀡𑀁𑀤𑀸 (ṇaṇaṃdā)
  • Marathi: नणंद (naṇanda)
• Paisaci Prakrit:
  • Punjabi: ਨਨਾਣ (nanāṇ)
• Pali: nanandar
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡𑀡𑀁𑀤𑀸 (ṇaṇaṃdā)
  • Gujarati: નણંદ (naṇand)
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: ननद (nanad)
    • Urdu: نَنْد (nand) / نَنَنْد (nanand) (dated)
  • Nepali: नन्द (nanda)
  • Sindhi: نِڻُن (niṇũ) / निणुन
• Bengali: ননদ (nonod)
• Assamese: ননন্দ (nonondo)
• Sinhalese: නෑනා (nǣnā)

References

• “न॑नान्दृ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 260, column 1.
• Monier Williams (1899), “ननन्दृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 526, column 2.