ننھا

• ننہا (nanhā) — nonstandard

Inherited from Old Hindi नन्हा (nanhā), नान्हा (nānhā), from Prakrit 𑀮𑀡𑁆𑀳 (laṇha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit श्लक्ष्ण (ślakṣṇá, “soft, smooth”).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nə.nʱɑː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /nən.nɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

نَنھا • (nanhā) (Hindi spelling नन्हा)

1. little, young, wee

   Synonym: چھوٹا (choṭā)

   نَنھا سِپاہی ― nanhā sipāhī ― little soldier

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• Platts, John T. (1884) “ننھا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1119
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ننھا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 651
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