नानबाई

Hindi

Alternative forms

नान-बाई (nān-bāī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (nānbā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɑːn.bɑː.iː/, [nä̃ːn.bäː.iː]

Noun

नानबाई • (nānbāī) m or f by sense (female equivalent नानबाइन, Urdu spelling نان بائی)

baker

Declension

Declension of *नानबाई* (masc ind ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	नानबाई nānbāī	नानबाई nānbāī
oblique	नानबाई nānbāī	नानबाइयों nānbāiyõ
vocative	नानबाई nānbāī	नानबाइयो nānbāiyo

Declension of *नानबाई* (fem ind ī-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	नानबाई nānbāī	नानबाइयाँ nānbāiyā̃
oblique	नानबाई nānbāī	नानबाइयों nānbāiyõ
vocative	नानबाई nānbāī	नानबाइयो nānbāiyo

Further reading

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 552