See नाना in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{ "descendants": [ { "lang": "Pali", "lang_code": "pi", "word": "nānā" }, { "lang": "Prakrit", "lang_code": "pra", "roman": "ṇāṇā", "word": "𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀸" } ], "etymology_text": "Perhaps an aphetic amredita of अना (anā́) (nā́nā ⇐*anā́nā), with the meaning 'in this way and that way, hereby and thereby'. Compare parallel formations इहेह (iheha) and इतरेतर (itaretara).", "forms": [ { "form": "nā́nā", "tags": [ "romanization" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sa", "2": "adverb", "head": "", "sc": "", "sccat": "1", "tr": "nā́nā" }, "expansion": "नाना • (nā́nā)", "name": "head" }, { "args": { "tr": "nā́nā" }, "expansion": "नाना • (nā́nā)", "name": "sa-adv" } ], "lang": "Sanskrit", "lang_code": "sa", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 2 entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Sanskrit adverbs in Devanagari script", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "examples": [ { "english": "For here in diverse ways these men invoking thee, holder of treasures, sing hymns to win thine aid.\nAscend the car that thou mayest bring spoil to us, for, Indra, thy fixt winneth the victory.", "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.102.5", "roman": "asmā́kaṃ smā ráthamā́ tiṣṭha sātáye jáitraṃ hī̀ndra níbhṛtaṃ mánastáva.", "text": "नाना॒ हि त्वा॒ हव॑माना॒ जना॑ इ॒मे धना॑नां धर्त॒रव॑सा विप॒न्यवः॑ ।\nअ॒स्माकं॑ स्मा॒ रथ॒मा ति॑ष्ठ सा॒तये॒ जैत्रं॒ ही॑न्द्र॒ निभृ॑तं॒ मन॒स्तव॑ ॥\nnā́nā hí tvā hávamānā jánā imé dhánānāṃ dhartarávasā vipanyávaḥ.", "translation": "For here in diverse ways these men invoking thee, holder of treasures, sing hymns to win thine aid.\nAscend the car that thou mayest bring spoil to us, for, Indra, thy fixt winneth the victory." } ], "glosses": [ "differently, variously, separately, manifoldly" ], "id": "en-नाना-sa-adv--GRbEiAO", "links": [ [ "differently", "differently" ], [ "variously", "variously" ], [ "separately", "separately" ], [ "manifoldly", "manifoldly" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/nɑ́ː.nɑː/", "tags": [ "Vedic" ] }, { "ipa": "/n̪ɑː.n̪ɑː/", "tags": [ "Classical-Sanskrit" ] } ], "word": "नाना" }
{ "descendants": [ { "lang": "Pali", "lang_code": "pi", "word": "nānā" }, { "lang": "Prakrit", "lang_code": "pra", "roman": "ṇāṇā", "word": "𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀸" } ], "etymology_text": "Perhaps an aphetic amredita of अना (anā́) (nā́nā ⇐*anā́nā), with the meaning 'in this way and that way, hereby and thereby'. Compare parallel formations इहेह (iheha) and इतरेतर (itaretara).", "forms": [ { "form": "nā́nā", "tags": [ "romanization" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "sa", "2": "adverb", "head": "", "sc": "", "sccat": "1", "tr": "nā́nā" }, "expansion": "नाना • (nā́nā)", "name": "head" }, { "args": { "tr": "nā́nā" }, "expansion": "नाना • (nā́nā)", "name": "sa-adv" } ], "lang": "Sanskrit", "lang_code": "sa", "pos": "adv", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "Pages with 2 entries", "Pages with entries", "Sanskrit adverbs", "Sanskrit adverbs in Devanagari script", "Sanskrit entries with incorrect language header", "Sanskrit lemmas", "Sanskrit terms with IPA pronunciation", "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations", "Sanskrit terms with quotations" ], "examples": [ { "english": "For here in diverse ways these men invoking thee, holder of treasures, sing hymns to win thine aid.\nAscend the car that thou mayest bring spoil to us, for, Indra, thy fixt winneth the victory.", "ref": "c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.102.5", "roman": "asmā́kaṃ smā ráthamā́ tiṣṭha sātáye jáitraṃ hī̀ndra níbhṛtaṃ mánastáva.", "text": "नाना॒ हि त्वा॒ हव॑माना॒ जना॑ इ॒मे धना॑नां धर्त॒रव॑सा विप॒न्यवः॑ ।\nअ॒स्माकं॑ स्मा॒ रथ॒मा ति॑ष्ठ सा॒तये॒ जैत्रं॒ ही॑न्द्र॒ निभृ॑तं॒ मन॒स्तव॑ ॥\nnā́nā hí tvā hávamānā jánā imé dhánānāṃ dhartarávasā vipanyávaḥ.", "translation": "For here in diverse ways these men invoking thee, holder of treasures, sing hymns to win thine aid.\nAscend the car that thou mayest bring spoil to us, for, Indra, thy fixt winneth the victory." } ], "glosses": [ "differently, variously, separately, manifoldly" ], "links": [ [ "differently", "differently" ], [ "variously", "variously" ], [ "separately", "separately" ], [ "manifoldly", "manifoldly" ] ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/nɑ́ː.nɑː/", "tags": [ "Vedic" ] }, { "ipa": "/n̪ɑː.n̪ɑː/", "tags": [ "Classical-Sanskrit" ] } ], "word": "नाना" }
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