नजराणा

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نذرانه (nazrāna), suffixed from Arabic نَذْر (naḏr, literally “vow; anything consecrated to God; pious gift; present to superior”). Compare Gujarati નજરાણું (najrāṇũ), Hindustani نَذْرانہ / नज़राना (nazrānā), Sindhi نَذرانو, Punjabi ਨਜ਼ਰਾਨਾ (nazrānā) / نَذرانہ (naẕrānh), Maithili नजराना (najᵊrānā) / 𑒢𑒖𑒩𑒰𑒢𑒰 (najarānā), Odia ନଜରାନା (najarānā), Bengali নজরানা (nojrana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəd͡z.ɾa.ɳa/

Noun

नजराणा • (najrāṇā) m

1. a gift to a superior

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नजराणा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नजराणा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “नजराणा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).