نواسہ

Urdu

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian نَوَاسَه (nawāsa).

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nə.ʋɑː.sɑ(ː)/, [nə.wɑː.sɑː]
    • Hyphenation: نَ‧وَا‧سَہ

    Noun

    نَوَاسَہ • (navāsam (feminine نَوَاسی (navāsī), Hindi spelling नवासा)

    1. maternal grandchild (daughter's son)
      Synonym: ناتی (nātī)

    Declension

    Declension of نواسہ
    singular plural
    direct نَوَاسَہ (navāsah) نَوَاسے (navāse)
    oblique نَوَاسے (navāse) نَوَاسوں (navāsõ)
    vocative نَوَاسے (navāse) نَوَاسو (navāso)

    Further reading

    • نواسہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • نواسہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نواسہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “نواسه”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]