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નંઢો

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Kachchi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀁𑀠 (*naṃḍha). Cognate with Sindhi نَنْڍو / नंढो / 𑋑𑋟𑋋𑋧 (naṇḍho), Saraiki نَݨْڈَھا / नंढा (naṇḍhā) / 𑊚𑊕𑊔 (nṇḍh).

Adjective

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નંઢો (naṇḍho) (Khudawadi 𑋑𑋟𑋋𑋧, Perso-Arabic نَنْڍو, Khojki 𑈞𑈴𑈗𑈲)

  1. small

Declension

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Declension of નંઢો
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
nominative નંઢો (naṇḍho) નંઢા (naṇḍhā) નંઢી (naṇḍhī) નંઢ્યું (naṇḍhyũ)
vocative નંઢા (naṇḍhā) નંઢા (naṇḍhā) નંઢી (naṇḍhī) નંઢ્યું (naṇḍhyũ)
oblique નંઢે (naṇḍhe) નંઢેં (naṇḍhẽ) નંઢી (naṇḍhī) નંઢીએં (naṇḍhīẽ)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Shantibhai Purushottam Acharya (1966) “નિન્ઢો”, in કચ્છી શબ્દાવલિ [kacchī śabdāvli, Kacchī Vocabulary] (in Gujarati), Ahmedabad: Navajivan Trust, page 52, column 1.
  • Shantibhai Purushottam Acharya (1966) “nɪnḍho keṇu”, in Segmental Phonemes of Kacchi, Ahmedabad: Gujarat University, page 36.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*naṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 398