नगण्य

Learned borrowing from New Sanskrit नगण्य (nagaṇya). By surface analysis, न- (na-) +‎ गण्य (gaṇya).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə.ɡəɳ.jᵊ/,

नगण्य • (nagaṇya) (indeclinable)

1. (formal) negligible, trivial, very small

   Synonyms: बहुत कम (bahut kam), अत्यल्प (atyalp), अतिन्यून (atinyūn), अगण्य (agaṇya)

   Antonyms: गण्य (gaṇya), बहुल (bahul), अधिक (adhik), बहु (bahu), बहुत (bahut), ज़्यादा (zyādā)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नगण्य”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha

From न (na) +‎ गण्य (gaṇya).

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐˈɡɐɳ.jɐ/

नगण्य • (nagaṇya) stem

1. (New Sanskrit) negligible, very small, little; too small or less to be counted
   • 2006, Madana Lāla Varmā, Eko'para ekalavyaḥ: laghukathāsaṅgrahaḥ [Another Ekalavya: a collection of short stories], page 18:

     बालानामध्यापनेऽहं यमानन्दमनुभवामि तस्य समक्षमन्यानि सर्वाणि सुखानि नगण्यानि सन्ति।

     bālānāmadhyāpaneʼhaṃ yamānandamanubhavāmi tasya samakṣamanyāni sarvāṇi sukhāni nagaṇyāni santi.

     All pleasures are little, compared to the happiness I get in teaching kids.

   • 2003, Bhāratī - Volume 54, Saṃskr̥tapracārapariṣad Rājasthānam:

     […] तेषां जीवने विश्रामस्य अवसरा नगण्याः।

     […] teṣāṃ jīvane viśrāmasya avasarā nagaṇyāḥ.

     In their lives, the time they get for resting is negligible.

   • 1977, Jayaśrī Caṭṭopādhyāya, Vālmīkīye Rāmāyaṇe gītikāvyadharmitā: a critical study of the lyrical elements of the Rāmāyaṇa, page 30:

     […] सीतात्मानं नगण्यां रमणीममन्यत।

     […] sītātmānaṃ nagaṇyāṃ ramaṇīmamanyata.

     Sītā didn't consider herself a beautiful woman .