नना
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ননা (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬦᬵ (Balinese script)
- ননা (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰡𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀦𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- နနာ (Burmese script)
- નના (Gujarati script)
- ਨਨਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌨𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦤꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂢𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ನನಾ (Kannada script)
- ននា (Khmer script)
- ນນາ (Lao script)
- നനാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᠨᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘡𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠨᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧁𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐣𑐵 (Newa script)
- ନନା (Odia script)
- ꢥꢥꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆤𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖡𑖯 (Siddham script)
- නනා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩯𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚝𑚭 (Takri script)
- நநா (Tamil script)
- ననా (Telugu script)
- นนา (Thai script)
- ན་ནཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨝𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
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).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɐ.nɑ́ː/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɐ.n̪ɑː/
Noun
न॒ना • (nanā́) stem, f
- mother, mummy
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 9.112.3:
- कारुरहं ततो भिषगुपलप्रक्षिणी नना।
नानाधियोवसूयवो अनु घा इव तस्थिमेन्द्रायेन्दो परि स्रव॥- kārurahaṃ tato bhiṣagupalaprakṣiṇī nanā.
nānādhiyovasūyavo anu ghā iva tasthimendrāyendo pari srava. - I am a poet, my father is a physician and my mother lays corn upon the stones.
Striving for wealth, with varied plans, we follow our desires like kine. Flow, Indu, flow for Indra's sake.
- kārurahaṃ tato bhiṣagupalaprakṣiṇī nanā.
- कारुरहं ततो भिषगुपलप्रक्षिणी नना।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | न॒ना (nanā́) | न॒ने (nané) | न॒नाः (nanā́ḥ) |
| accusative | न॒नाम् (nanā́m) | न॒ने (nané) | न॒नाः (nanā́ḥ) |
| instrumental | न॒नया॑ (nanáyā) न॒ना¹ (nanā́¹) |
न॒नाभ्या॑म् (nanā́bhyām) | न॒नाभिः॑ (nanā́bhiḥ) |
| dative | न॒नायै॑ (nanā́yai) | न॒नाभ्या॑म् (nanā́bhyām) | न॒नाभ्यः॑ (nanā́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | न॒नायाः॑ (nanā́yāḥ) न॒नायै॑² (nanā́yai²) |
न॒नाभ्या॑म् (nanā́bhyām) | न॒नाभ्यः॑ (nanā́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | न॒नायाः॑ (nanā́yāḥ) न॒नायै॑² (nanā́yai²) |
न॒नयोः॑ (nanáyoḥ) | न॒नाना॑म् (nanā́nām) |
| locative | न॒नाया॑म् (nanā́yām) | न॒नयोः॑ (nanáyoḥ) | न॒नासु॑ (nanā́su) |
| vocative | नने॑ (náne) | नने॑ (náne) | ननाः॑ (nánāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
Descendants
- Khowar: نَن (nan)
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “नना”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 526.