نیانا
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit अज्ञान (ajñāna), or from Sanskrit न जानन्त् (na jānant, “not knowing”), as per Turner.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /nɪ.jäː.ɳäː/, [ne.jäː.ɳäː]
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective
نْیاݨا • (nyāṇā) (feminine نیاݨی, Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਆਣਾ)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | نْیاݨا (nyāṇā) | نْیاݨے (nyāṇe) | نْیاݨی (nyāṇī) | نْیاݨِیاں (nyāṇiyāṉ) | |
| oblique | نْیاݨے (nyāṇe) | نْیاݨیاں (nyāṇeyāṉ) | نْیاݨی (nyāṇī) | نْیاݨِیاں (nyāṇiyāṉ) | |
Noun
نْیاݨا • (nyāṇā) m (feminine نیاݨی, Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਆਣਾ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | نْیاݨا | نْیاݨے |
| oblique | نْیاݨے | نْیاݨیْاں |
| vocative | نْیاݨیْا | نْیاݨیو |
| ablative | نْیاݨیوں | نْیاݨیْاں |
| locative | – | نْیاݨِیں |
| instrumental | نْیاݨے | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نیانا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “نیانا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਨਿਆਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “na jānant”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 398