نونا

Arabic

Verb

نونا (form II)

1. نَوَّنَا (nawwanā) /naw.wa.naː/: third-person masculine dual past active of نَوَّنَ (nawwana)
2. نَوَّنَّا (nawwannā) /naw.wan.naː/: first-person plural past active of نَوَّنَ (nawwana)
3. نُوِّنَا (nuwwinā) /nuw.wi.naː/: third-person masculine dual past passive of نَوَّنَ (nawwana)
4. نُوِّنَّا (nuwwinnā) /nuw.win.naː/: first-person plural past passive of نَوَّنَ (nawwana)
5. نَوِّنَا (nawwinā) /naw.wi.naː/: second-person dual imperative of نَوَّنَ (nawwana)

Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
نِوݨا (nivṇā)
نِواوݨا (nivāvṇā)

Alternative forms

• نیْوݨا (nevṇā)
• نمݨا (nimṇā)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi نِوَݨُ (nivaṇu), possibly from Sanskrit नमति (namati). If this is the case, then it is a doublet of نَماز (namāz), نَمَسْتے (namaste) and نَمݨا (namṇā). Related to نِیوِیں (nīvīṉ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /nɪ.ʋə̆.ɳaː/, [nɪ.wə̆.ɳäː], [nɪ.oː.ɳaː]
• (Jhangli, Shahpuri, Gujrat) IPA^(key): [nɪ.ʋə̆.ɳaː]

Verb

نِوݨا • (nivṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਵਣਾ or ਨਿਓਣਾ)

1. to bow, bend over, stoop
2. to submit, yield

Synonyms

• جُھکݨا (jhukṇā)
• نَمݨا (namṇā)

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نمن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نِواون”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਨਿਵਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• “ਨਿਓਂਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024