نن

Brahui

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nām (“we”).[1][2]

Pronoun

نَن (nan)

  1. we

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *nāḷ (“night”).[3][4]

Noun

نَن (nan)

  1. night

References

  1. ^ Pfeiffer, Martin (2018) Kuṛux Historical Phonology Reconsidered, Norderstedt, Germany: PubliQation Academic Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3647”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
  3. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
  4. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3621”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Mozarabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin nōn (“not”).

Adverb

نن (nun)

  1. not

Notes

  • Corriente reads ⟨nn⟩, which he interprets as a Mozarabic non.[2]

References

  1. ^ Jones, Alan (1988) Romance Kharjas in Andalusian Arabic Muwaššaḥ Poetry (Oxford Oriental Institute Monographs; 9), Ithaca Press London, →ISBN, page 127
  2. ^ Corriente, F. (1993) “Nueva propuesta de lectura de las xarajāt de la serie arabe con texto romance”, in Revista de Filología Española (in Spanish), volume LXXIII, number 1/2, page 34

Persian

Noun

نن • (nan)

  1. (dialectal, Kazerun) mama

See also

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English nun.

Pronunciation

Noun

نن • (nan) f (Hindi spelling नन)

  1. nun
    Synonym: راہبہ (rāhiba)
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