نادان

Persian

Etymology

‎ (nâ-) +‎ ‎ (dân)

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

(Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /nɑːdɑːn/

(Dari): IPA^(key): /nɒːdɒːn/

(Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /nɒːdɒːn/
(Tajik): IPA^(key): /nɔːdɔːn/

Adjective

Iranian Persian	نادان
Dari	نادان
Tajik	нодон (nodon)

نادان • (nâdân)

Related terms

نادانی‎ (nâdâni)

Noun

نادان • (nâdân)

ignoramus
an unwise person

Antonyms

دانا‎ (dânâ)

Descendants

→ Bashkir: наҙан (naðan)
→ Bengali: নাদান (nadan)
→ Hindustani:
- Hindi: नादान (nādān)
- Urdu: نادان‎ (nādān)
→ Kazakh: надан (nadan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (nādān).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɑː.d̪ɑːn/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /nɑː.d̪ɑːn/
Audio (PK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːn
Hyphenation: نا‧دان

Adjective

نادان • (nādān) (Hindi spelling नादान)

Related terms

نادانی‎ (nādānī)
نادانی سے‎ (nādānī se)

References

“نادان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“نادان”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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