नातू

Konkani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नप्तृ (náptṛ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɑːtuː]

Noun

नातू • (nātū) m (Latin script natu, Kannada script ನಾತೂ)

1. grandson

   Coordinate term: नात (nāt)

References

• Angelus Francis Xavier Maffei (1883) An English-Konkani Dictionary: And A Konkani-English Dictionary‎^[1], Mangalore: Basel Mission Press
• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[2]

Marathi

Etymology

पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): नातू m (nātū)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): नात f (nāt)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘡𑘰𑘝𑘳 (nātu), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀡𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀼𑀅 (ṇattua) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)), from Sanskrit नप्तृ (náptṛ) (compare नपात् (nápāt)), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *náptā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náptā (see *nápāts), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts (“grandson”). Cognate with Konkani नाथु (nāthu), Hindi नाती (nātī), Bengali নাতি (nati), Assamese নাতি (nati).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.t̪u/, [na.t̪uː]

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Noun

नातू • (nātū) m (feminine नात)

1. (family) grandson (male or female line)

See also

• नातवंडे (nātvaṇḍe, “grandchildren”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “नातू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नातू”, 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) “नात,_नातीण”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).