परनाना

Hindi

Etymology

From पर- (par-, “great”) +‎ नाना (nānā, “maternal grandfather”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pəɾ.nɑː.nɑː/, [pɐɾ.näː.näː]

Noun

परनाना • (parnānā) m (female equivalent परनानी, Urdu spelling پرنانا)

1. maternal great-grandfather

Declension

Declension of परनाना (masc unmarked ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	परनाना parnānā	परनाना parnānā
oblique	परनाना parnānā	परनानाओं parnānāõ
vocative	परनाना parnānā	परनानाओ parnānāo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “परनाना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press