نانا

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀦 (*nānna, “term for an older male relative”). compare Urdu نانا (nānā).

Noun

نانا (nānā) m

  1. maternal grandfather (mother's father)

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi نانا (nana) (c. 1564),[1] from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀦 (*nānna, “term for an older male relative”),[2] from baby talk.

Pronunciation

Noun

نانا • (nānā) m (feminine نانی (nānī), Hindi spelling नाना)

  1. maternal grandfather
    Synonym: (endearing) نانو (nāno)
  2. (Islam, figuratively) Imam Hussain and (by extension) his grandfather Muhammad.

Declension

Declension of نانا
singular plural
direct نانا (nānā) نانے (nāne)
oblique نانے (nāne) نانوں (nānõ)
vocative نانے (nāne) نانو (nāno)

References

  1. ^ “نانا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*nānna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 405

Further reading

More information
  • “نانا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “نانا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “نانا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “نانا”, 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
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