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نند

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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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

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Verb

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نَنْدَ (nanda) (form I) /nan.da/

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

Urdu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نَنْد (nandf (masculine نَنْدوئِی (nandoī), Hindi spelling ननद)

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

Declension

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

References

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  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

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