نندوئی

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • نَنْدوسی (nandosī)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀡𑀡𑀁𑀤𑀯𑀇 (*ṇaṇaṃdavaï) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit ननान्दृपति (nanāndṛpati).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nən.d̪oː.iː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: نَن‧دو‧ءِی

Noun

نَنْدوئِی • (nandoī) m (female equivalent نَنْد (nand), Hindi spelling नंदोई)

  1. husband of husband's sister – masculine of نَنْد (nand, “husband's sister”)

Declension

Declension of نندوئی
singular plural
direct نَنْدوئی (nandoī) نَنْدوئی (nandoī)
oblique نَنْدوئی (nandoī) نَنْدوئِیوں (nandoiyõ)
vocative نَنْدوئی (nandoī) نَنْدوئِیو (nandoiyo)

References

  1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “نندوئی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  2. ^ John Shakespear (1834), “نندوٴي”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1796
  3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nanāndr̥pati-,”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 399

Further reading

More information
  • “نندوئی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “نندوئی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “نند”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 650
  • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “نند”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1172
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