"नना" meaning in Sanskrit

See नना in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nɐ.nɑ́ː/ [Vedic], /ˈn̪ɐ.n̪ɑː/ [Classical-Sanskrit]
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *nan(n)-eh₂- (“mother; older female relative”), imitative of baby-talk. Compare Albanian nënë (“mother”), Shughni на̄н (nān, “mother”), Serbo-Croatian nána (“mother”), English nanny, Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē), νάννη (nánnē), Messapic ana, Welsh nain, Persian ننه (nane), Ukrainian неня (nenja), Russian няня (njanja). Etymology templates: {{inh|sa|ine-pro|*nan(n)-eh₂-||mother; older female relative}} Proto-Indo-European *nan(n)-eh₂- (“mother; older female relative”), {{onomatopoeic|sa|title=imitative}} imitative, {{cog|sq|nënë||mother}} Albanian nënë (“mother”), {{cog|sgh|на̄н||mother}} Shughni на̄н (nān, “mother”), {{cog|sh|nána||mother}} Serbo-Croatian nána (“mother”), {{cog|en|nanny}} English nanny, {{cog|grc|νίννη}} Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē), {{cog|cms|ana}} Messapic ana, {{cog|cy|nain}} Welsh nain, {{cog|fa|ننه|tr=nane}} Persian ننه (nane), {{cog|uk|неня}} Ukrainian неня (nenja), {{cog|ru|няня}} Russian няня (njanja) Head templates: {{sa-noun|g=f|tr=nanā́}} नना • (nanā́) stem, f Inflection templates: {{sa-decl-noun-f|nanā́}} Forms: nanā́ [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], नना [nominative, singular], नने [dual, nominative], ननाः [nominative, plural], नने [singular, vocative], नने [dual, vocative], ननाः [plural, vocative], ननाम् [accusative, singular], नने [accusative, dual], ननाः [accusative, plural], ननया [instrumental, singular], नना1 [instrumental, singular], ननाभ्याम् [dual, instrumental], ननाभिः [instrumental, plural], ननायै [dative, singular], ननाभ्याम् [dative, dual], ननाभ्यः [dative, plural], ननायाः [ablative, singular], ननायै2 [ablative, singular], ननाभ्याम् [ablative, dual], ननाभ्यः [ablative, plural], ननायाः [genitive, singular], ननायै2 [genitive, singular], ननयोः [dual, genitive], ननानाम् [genitive, plural], ननायाम् [locative, singular], ननयोः [dual, locative], ननासु [locative, plural]
  1. mother, mummy
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "khw",
            "2": "نَن",
            "tr": "nan"
          },
          "expansion": "Khowar: نَن (nan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khowar: نَن (nan)"
    }
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        "4": "",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "title": "imitative"
      },
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      "name": "onomatopoeic"
    },
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        "1": "sq",
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        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "Albanian nënë (“mother”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sgh",
        "2": "на̄н",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "Shughni на̄н (nān, “mother”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "nána",
        "3": "",
        "4": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian nána (“mother”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nanny"
      },
      "expansion": "English nanny",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "νίννη"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cms",
        "2": "ana"
      },
      "expansion": "Messapic ana",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "nain"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh nain",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ننه",
        "tr": "nane"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian ننه (nane)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "неня"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian неня (nenja)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "няня"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian няня (njanja)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nanā́",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ā-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नना",
      "roman": "nanā́",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नने",
      "roman": "nané",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाः",
      "roman": "nanā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नने",
      "roman": "náne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नने",
      "roman": "náne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाः",
      "roman": "nánāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाम्",
      "roman": "nanā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नने",
      "roman": "nané",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाः",
      "roman": "nanā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननया",
      "roman": "nanáyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नना1",
      "roman": "nanā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nanā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभिः",
      "roman": "nanā́bhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायै",
      "roman": "nanā́yai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nanā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभ्यः",
      "roman": "nanā́bhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायाः",
      "roman": "nanā́yāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायै2",
      "roman": "nanā́yai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nanā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभ्यः",
      "roman": "nanā́bhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायाः",
      "roman": "nanā́yāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायै2",
      "roman": "nanā́yai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननयोः",
      "roman": "nanáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननानाम्",
      "roman": "nanā́nām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायाम्",
      "roman": "nanā́yām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननयोः",
      "roman": "nanáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननासु",
      "roman": "nanā́su",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "nanā́"
      },
      "expansion": "नना • (nanā́) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nanā́"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit onomatopoeias",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am a poet, my father is a physician and my mother lays corn upon the stones.\nStriving for wealth, with varied plans, we follow our desires like kine. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.112.3",
          "roman": "nānādhiyovasūyavo anu ghā iva tasthimendrāyendo pari srava.",
          "text": "कारुरहं ततो भिषगुपलप्रक्षिणी नना।\nनानाधियोवसूयवो अनु घा इव तस्थिमेन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव॥\nkārurahaṃ tato bhiṣagupalaprakṣiṇī nanā."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother, mummy"
      ],
      "id": "en-नना-sa-noun-s8M9JIiV",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ],
        [
          "mummy",
          "mummy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɐ.nɑ́ː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ɐ.n̪ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "नना"
}
{
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "khw",
            "2": "نَن",
            "tr": "nan"
          },
          "expansion": "Khowar: نَن (nan)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Khowar: نَن (nan)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "mother; older female relative"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *nan(n)-eh₂- (“mother; older female relative”)",
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    },
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        "3": "",
        "4": "mother"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
        "1": "sgh",
        "2": "на̄н",
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        "4": "mother"
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
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        "3": "",
        "4": "mother"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nanny"
      },
      "expansion": "English nanny",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "νίννη"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cms",
        "2": "ana"
      },
      "expansion": "Messapic ana",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "nain"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh nain",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ننه",
        "tr": "nane"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian ننه (nane)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "неня"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian неня (nenja)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "няня"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian няня (njanja)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *nan(n)-eh₂- (“mother; older female relative”), imitative of baby-talk. Compare Albanian nënë (“mother”), Shughni на̄н (nān, “mother”), Serbo-Croatian nána (“mother”), English nanny, Ancient Greek νίννη (nínnē), νάννη (nánnē), Messapic ana, Welsh nain, Persian ننه (nane), Ukrainian неня (nenja), Russian няня (njanja).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nanā́",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sa-decl-noun-f",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ā-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नना",
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नने",
      "roman": "nané",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाः",
      "roman": "nanā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नने",
      "roman": "náne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नने",
      "roman": "náne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाः",
      "roman": "nánāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाम्",
      "roman": "nanā́m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नने",
      "roman": "nané",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाः",
      "roman": "nanā́ḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननया",
      "roman": "nanáyā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "नना1",
      "roman": "nanā́1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nanā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "instrumental"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभिः",
      "roman": "nanā́bhiḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायै",
      "roman": "nanā́yai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nanā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभ्यः",
      "roman": "nanā́bhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायाः",
      "roman": "nanā́yāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायै2",
      "roman": "nanā́yai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभ्याम्",
      "roman": "nanā́bhyām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननाभ्यः",
      "roman": "nanā́bhyaḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायाः",
      "roman": "nanā́yāḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायै2",
      "roman": "nanā́yai2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननयोः",
      "roman": "nanáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननानाम्",
      "roman": "nanā́nām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननायाम्",
      "roman": "nanā́yām",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननयोः",
      "roman": "nanáyoḥ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "locative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ननासु",
      "roman": "nanā́su",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "tr": "nanā́"
      },
      "expansion": "नना • (nanā́) stem, f",
      "name": "sa-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nanā́"
      },
      "name": "sa-decl-noun-f"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sanskrit",
  "lang_code": "sa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header",
        "Sanskrit feminine nouns",
        "Sanskrit lemmas",
        "Sanskrit nouns",
        "Sanskrit nouns in Devanagari script",
        "Sanskrit onomatopoeias",
        "Sanskrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Sanskrit terms with quotations",
        "Sanskrit ā-stem nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I am a poet, my father is a physician and my mother lays corn upon the stones.\nStriving for wealth, with varied plans, we follow our desires like kine. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.",
          "ref": "c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.112.3",
          "roman": "nānādhiyovasūyavo anu ghā iva tasthimendrāyendo pari srava.",
          "text": "कारुरहं ततो भिषगुपलप्रक्षिणी नना।\nनानाधियोवसूयवो अनु घा इव तस्थिमेन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव॥\nkārurahaṃ tato bhiṣagupalaprakṣiṇī nanā."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother, mummy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ],
        [
          "mummy",
          "mummy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nɐ.nɑ́ː/",
      "tags": [
        "Vedic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈn̪ɐ.n̪ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Sanskrit"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "नना"
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Sanskrit",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "नना",
  "trace": ""
}

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