nansú

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English nainsook, from Hindi नैनसुख (nainsukh), from नैन (nain, “eye”) + सुख (sukh, “pleasure, luxury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [nənˈsu]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [nanˈsu]

Noun

nansú m (uncountable)

1. nainsook

Further reading

• “nansú” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English nainsook, from Hindi नैनसुख (nainsukh), from नैन (nain, “eye”) + सुख (sukh, “pleasure, luxury”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nanˈsu/ [nãnˈsu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: nan‧sú

Noun

nansú m (uncountable)

1. nainsook

Further reading

• “nansú”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10