نیانا

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Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अज्ञान (ajñāna), or from Sanskrit न जानन्त् (na jānant, “not knowing”), as per Turner.

Pronunciation

Adjective

نْیاݨا • (nyāṇā) (feminine نیاݨی, Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਆਣਾ)

  1. young, little, naive
  2. unknowing

Declension

Declension of نیانا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct نْیاݨا (nyāṇā) نْیاݨے (nyāṇe) نْیاݨی (nyāṇī) نْیاݨِیاں (nyāṇiyāṉ)
oblique نْیاݨے (nyāṇe) نْیاݨیاں (nyāṇeyāṉ) نْیاݨی (nyāṇī) نْیاݨِیاں (nyāṇiyāṉ)

Noun

نْیاݨا • (nyāṇā) m (feminine نیاݨی, Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਆਣਾ)

  1. a young, little; naive boy
    Synonym: بچہ (bacca)

Declension

Declension of نیانا
dir. sg. نْیاݨا
dir. pl. نْیاݨے
singular plural
direct نْیاݨا نْیاݨے
oblique نْیاݨے نْیاݨیْاں
vocative نْیاݨیْا نْیاݨیو
ablative نْیاݨیوں نْیاݨیْاں
locative – نْیاݨِیں
instrumental نْیاݨے –

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نیانا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “نیانا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • “ਨਿਆਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “na jānant”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 398
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