نند

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

نند (form I)

  1. نَنْدُ (nandu) /nan.du/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of نَدَا (nadā)
  2. نُنْدَ (nunda) /nun.da/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of نَدَا (nadā)

Etymology 2

Verb

نَنْدَ • (nanda) (form I) /nan.da/

  1. first-person plural non-past active jussive of نَدِيَ (nadiya)

Urdu

Alternative forms

  • نَنَنْد (nanand)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi نند (nand /⁠nanad⁠/) / ننند (nanad),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀡𑀁𑀤𑀸 (ṇaṇaṃdā), from Sanskrit ननान्दृ (nánāndṛ), ननन्दृ (nanandṛ).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nənd̪/, [nə̃nd̪]
  • (India or dated) IPA(key): /nə.nəd̪/, /nə.nə̃d̪/
  • Rhymes: -ənd̪, -ə̃nd̪

Noun

نَنْد • (nand) f (masculine نَنْدوئِی (nandoī), Hindi spelling ननद)

  1. sister-in-law (husband's sister)

Declension

Declension of نند
singular plural
direct نَنْد (nand) نَنْدیں (nandẽ)
oblique نَنْد (nand) نَنْدوں (nandõ)
vocative نَنْد (nand) نَنْدو (nando)

References

  1. ^ “نند”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nánāndr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 399

Further reading

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