ननद نَند ♣ Eng. nun, nano-

ननद نَند ♣ Eng. nun, nano-

[nan₍a₎d], f. a husband’s sister.

[◀MIA: Pk. ṇaṇaṁdā- ‘husband’s younger sister’; Pa. nanandar- f. ‘husband’s sister’ ◀OIA nánāndr̥- f. ‘husband’s sister’ RV., nanandr̥-, nandā-, nandinī- f. lex. ◀PIE *nana, nena, etc. ‘mother, etc.’ (nursery word)] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. nanny, nun, nano- ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1155; (Turner, 1966) 6946; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 346; (MW, 1899) 0526; (Pokorny, 1959) 0754; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.010