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Punjabi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit नयन (nayana), from the root नी (nī), from Proto-Indo-European *neyH-.
Pronunciation
Noun
نَیݨ • (naiṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੈਣ)
- eye
Declension
| Declension of نین
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| dir. sg.
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نَیݨ (naiṇ)
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| dir. pl.
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نَیݨ (naiṇ)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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نَیݨ (naiṇ)
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نَیݨ (naiṇ)
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| oblique
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نَیݨ (naiṇ)
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نَیݨاں (naiṇāṉ)
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| vocative
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نَیݨا (naiṇā)
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نَیݨو (naiṇo)
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| ablative
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نَیݨوں (naiṇoṉ)
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نَیݨاں (naiṇāṉ)
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| locative
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نَیݨے (naiṇe)
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نَیݨِیں (naiṇīṉ)
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| instrumental
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نَیݨوں (naiṇoṉ)
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Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نَین”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਨੈਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nayaná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Torwali
Etymology
From Sanskrit निद्रा (nidrā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HnidráH. Compare Hindi नींद (nīnd), Konkani नीद (nīd).
Noun
نین (nīn) f
- sleep
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nidrāˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit नयन (nayana), from the root नी (nī), from Proto-Indo-European *neyH-.
Pronunciation
Noun
نَین • (nain) m (Hindi spelling नैन) (poetic)
- eye
- Synonym: آن٘کھ (ā̃kh)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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نَین (nain)
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نَین (nain)
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| oblique
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نَین (nain)
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نَینوں (nainõ)
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| vocative
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نَین (nain)
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نَینو (naino)
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Further reading
- “نین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “نین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “نین”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nayaná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Ushojo
Noun
نین (nen)
- the process of removing dead plants from the field