نانی

Urdu

Etymology

Feminine of نانا (nānā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.niː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: نا‧نی

Noun

نانی • (nānī) f (masculine نانا (nānā), Hindi spelling नानी)

1. maternal grandmother

Declension

Declension of نانی

	singular	plural
direct	نانی (nānī)	نانِیاں (nāniyā̃)
oblique	نانی (nānī)	نانِیوں (nāniyō̃)
vocative	نانی (nānī)	نانِیو (nāniyō)

Related terms

• دادی (dādī)

References

• “نانی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نانی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.