ننه

Arabic

Verb

ننه (form IV)

1. نُنْهِ (nunhi) /nun.hi/: first-person plural non-past active jussive of أَنْهَى (ʔanhā)
2. نُنْهَ (nunha) /nun.ha/: first-person plural non-past passive jussive of أَنْهَى (ʔanhā)

Khalaj

Noun

نَنه (nənə) (definite accusative نَنه‌ݧ, plural نَنه‌لَر)

1. Arabic spelling of nənə (“mother”)

Declension

Declension of ننه

	singular	plural
nominative	ننه	ننه‌لَر
genitive	ننه‌ݧ	ننه‌لَریݧ
dative	ننه‌که	ننه‌لَرکه
definite accusative	ننه‌ݧ	ننه‌لَری
locative	ننه‌چه	ننه‌لَرچه
ablative	ننه‌ده	ننه‌لَرده
instrumental	ننه‌له	ننه‌لَرله
equative	ننه‌وارا	ننه‌لَروارا

Persian

Alternative forms

• نه‌نه (with ZWNJ), نه نه (with space)
• نن (nan) (dialectal, Kazerun)

Etymology

Originally from baby talk.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [na.ˈna]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.nǽ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.nǽ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.nǽ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.nǽ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ.né]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nä.nǽ]

Readings
Classical reading?	nana
Dari reading?	nana
Iranian reading?	nane
Tajik reading?	nana

Noun

Dari	ننه, مامی ,بوبو
Iranian Persian	مامان
Tajik	нана

نَنِه or نَنَه • (nane or nana) (plural ننه‌ها (nane-hâ))

1. (chiefly Dari, informal, childish or dated) mother

   Synonym: مادَر (mâdar) (more formal)

2. (informal) grandmother

   Synonyms: مادَربُزُرگ (mâdarbozorg) (Iranian Persian), مادرکلان (mâdarkalân) (Dari)

Derived terms

• ننه جان (nane jân)
• ننهٔ کلان (nana kalân) (Dari)
• نَنه جون (nane jun) (Iran)
• نَنه‌بُزُرگ (nane-bozorg)