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نیواں

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit नीप (nīpá).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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نِیوَاں (nīvāṉ) (feminine نِیوِیں, Gurmukhi spelling ਨੀਵਾਂ)

  1. low
    1. low-lying; on low ground
    2. inferior; of lower-status
  2. bent

Declension

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Declension of نیواں
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct نِیواں (nīvāṉ) نِیویں (nīveṉ) نِیویں (nīvīṉ) نِیویاں (nīviyāṉ)
oblique نِیویں (nīveṉ) نِیویاں (nīveyāṉ) نِیویں (nīvīṉ) نِیویاں (nīviyāṉ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نِیواں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਨੀਵਾਂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nīpá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 425