نیانا

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Punjabi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

نیْاݨا • (niyāṇā) (feminine نیْاݨی, Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਆਣਾ)

  1. young, little, naive
  2. unknowing

Declension[edit]

Declension of نیانا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct نیْاݨا (niyāṇā) نیْاݨے (niyāṇe) نیْاݨی (niyāṇī) نیْاݨیاں (niyāṇīyāṉ)
oblique نیْاݨے (niyāṇe) نیْاݨیْاں (niyāṇiyāṉ) نیْاݨی (niyāṇī) نیْاݨیاں (niyāṇīyāṉ)

Noun[edit]

نیْاݨا • (niyāṇā) m (feminine نیْاݨی, Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿਆਣਾ)

  1. a young, little; naive boy

Declension[edit]

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Declension of نیانا
dir. sg. نیْاݨا (niyāṇā)
dir. pl. نیْاݨے (niyāṇe)
singular plural
direct نیْاݨا (niyāṇā) نیْاݨے (niyāṇe)
oblique نیْاݨے (niyāṇe) نیْاݨیاں (niyāṇeyāṉ)
vocative نیْاݨیا (niyāṇeyā) نیْاݨیو (niyāṇeyo)
ablative نیْاݨیوں (niyāṇeyoṉ) —
locative نیْاݨے (niyāṇe) —
instrumental نیْاݨے (niyāṇe) —

Further reading[edit]

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نیانا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “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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