नना

Sanskrit

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ననా (Telugu script)
นนา (Thai script)
ནནཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒢𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nana- (“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).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.n̪ɑ́ː/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐ.n̪ɑː/

Noun

नना • (nanā́) f

mother, mummy
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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.

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of नना (nanā́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नना nanā́	नने nané	ननाः nanā́ḥ
Vocative	नने náne	नने náne	ननाः nánāḥ
Accusative	ननाम् nanā́m	नने nané	ननाः nanā́ḥ
Instrumental	ननया / नना¹ nanáyā / nanā́¹	ननाभ्याम् nanā́bhyām	ननाभिः nanā́bhiḥ
Dative	ननायै nanā́yai	ननाभ्याम् nanā́bhyām	ननाभ्यः nanā́bhyaḥ
Ablative	ननायाः nanā́yāḥ	ननाभ्याम् nanā́bhyām	ननाभ्यः nanā́bhyaḥ
Genitive	ननायाः nanā́yāḥ	ननयोः nanáyoḥ	ननानाम् nanā́nām
Locative	ननायाम् nanā́yām	ननयोः nanáyoḥ	ननासु nanā́su
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Khowar: نَن‎ (nan)

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