nanu-nanu in English

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Etymology: From the 1978 US television show Mork & Mindy, where it was used as an alien greeting. Originally said by Oscar-Jack Klugman on "The Odd Couple" in the episode "Psychic, Shmychic" in 1972. from Sanskrit; nanu surely (nanu; vocative particle, implying kindness or reproach or perplexity) Head templates: {{en-interj}} nanu-nanu

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  "etymology_text": "From the 1978 US television show Mork & Mindy, where it was used as an alien greeting.\nOriginally said by Oscar-Jack Klugman on \"The Odd Couple\" in the episode \"Psychic, Shmychic\" in 1972.\nfrom Sanskrit; nanu surely (nanu; vocative particle, implying kindness or reproach or perplexity)",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nanu nanu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nanu Nanu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Nanu-Nanu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "na-nu na-nu"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Mork & Mindy"
  ],
  "word": "nanu-nanu"
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  ],
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      "word": "nanu nanu"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nanu Nanu"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nanu-Nanu"
    },
    {
      "word": "na-nu na-nu"
    }
  ],
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    "Mork & Mindy"
  ],
  "word": "nanu-nanu"
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"nanu-nanu" meaning in English

Interjection