નંઢો
Kachchi
Alternative forms
- નિંઢો (niṇḍho)
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀁𑀠 (*naṃḍha). Cognate with Sindhi نَنْڍو / नंढो / 𑋑𑋟𑋋𑋧 (naṇḍho), Saraiki نَݨْڈَھا / नंढा / 𑊚𑊕𑊔 (nṇḍh).
Declension
| Declension of નંઢો | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| nominative | નંઢો (naṇḍho) | નંઢા (naṇḍhā) | નંઢી (naṇḍhī) | નંઢ્યું (naṇḍhyũ) | |
| vocative | નંઢા (naṇḍhā) | નંઢા (naṇḍhā) | નંઢી (naṇḍhī) | નંઢ્યું (naṇḍhyũ) | |
| oblique | નંઢે (naṇḍhe) | નંઢેં (naṇḍhẽ) | નંઢી (naṇḍhī) | નંઢીએં (naṇḍhīẽ) | |
Derived terms
- નંઢપણ (naṇḍhpaṇ)
- નંઢો કેણુ (naṇḍho keṇu, “to make small”)
References
- Shantibhai Purushottam Acharya (1966) “નિન્ઢો”, in કચ્છી શબ્દાવલિ [kacchī śabdāvli, Kacchī Vocabulary] (in Gujarati), Ahmedabad: Navajivan Trust, page 52, column 1.
- Shantibhai Purushottam Acharya (1966) “nɪnḍho keṇu”, in Segmental Phonemes of Kacchi, Ahmedabad: Gujarat University, page 36.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*naṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 398
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