नूनी

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nuː.niː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit न्यून (nyū̀na, “vulva”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Cognate with Marathi नुन्नी (nunnī), Odia ନୁନି (nuni), and Bengali নুনি (nuni).

Noun

नूनी • (nūnī) f (Urdu spelling نُونی)

1. (anatomy) penis puerilis

   Synonyms: फुनिया (phuniyā), फुन्नी (phunnī), फुन्नो (phunno)

   1. any penis

      Synonyms: शिश्न (śiśna), लिंग (liṅg), इंद्रिय (indriya), मेढ्र (meḍhra), लंड (laṇḍ), लौड़ा (lauṛā), लिंगेंद्रिय (liṅgendriya), पुरुषेंद्रिय (puruṣendriya)

Declension

Declension of नूनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नूनी nūnī	नूनियाँ nūniyā̃
oblique	नूनी nūnī	नूनियों nūniyõ
vocative	नूनी nūnī	नूनियो nūniyo

Etymology 2

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀽𑀦𑀺𑀓𑀸 (*nūnikā), from *𑀦𑀽𑀦 (*nūna), from an earlier *𑀦𑀽𑀤 (*nūda), from Sanskrit नूद (nūda, “a kind of mulberry”, a variant of तूद (tūda)).

Noun

नूनी • (nūnī) f (Urdu spelling نُونی)

1. small variety of mulberry growing in the hills

Declension

Declension of नूनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नूनी nūnī	नूनियाँ nūniyā̃
oblique	नूनी nūnī	नूनियों nūniyõ
vocative	नूनी nūnī	नूनियो nūniyo

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

नूनी • (nūnī) f (Urdu spelling نُونی)

1. alternative form of नोनी (nonī)

Declension

Declension of नूनी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नूनी nūnī	नूनियाँ nūniyā̃
oblique	नूनी nūnī	नूनियों nūniyõ
vocative	नूनी nūnī	नूनियो nūniyo

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “नूनी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1161
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नूनी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2695
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नूनी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 579
• “नूनी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nūnī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press