ننڍو

See also: نندو

Kachchi

Adjective

نَنْڍو (naṇḍho) (Gujarati નંઢો, Khudawadi 𑋑𑋟𑋋𑋧, Khojki 𑈞𑈴𑈗𑈲)

1. Arabic script form of નંઢો (“small”)

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀁𑀠 (*naṃḍha). Cognate with Kachchi નંઢો (naṇḍho) / نَنْڍو / 𑋑𑋟𑋋𑋧 (naṇḍho), Saraiki نَݨْڈَھا / नंढा (naṇḍhā) / 𑊚𑊕𑊔 (nṇḍh), Hindustani نَاٹَا (nāṭā)/ नाटा (nāṭā, “dwarf”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nəɳɖʱo]

Adjective

نَنْڍو • (naṇḍho) (Devanagari नंढो, Khudawadi 𑋑𑋟𑋋𑋧)

1. small

   هُوْ نَن٘ڍوْ آھي

   He is small

2. short

Further reading

• “نَنڍو”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 1866–1938
• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “نَنڍو”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society, page 599
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*naṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 398