نادان

Persian

Etymology

ناـ (nâ-) +‎ دان (dân)

Pronunciation
 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [nɑː.d̪ɑːn]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [nɑː.d̪ɑːn]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [nɔː.d̪ɔːn]

Readings
Classical reading? nāḏān
Dari reading? nādān
Iranian reading? nâdân
Tajik reading? nodon
  • Audio(file)

Adjective
Dari نادان
Iranian Persian
Tajik нодон

نادان • (nâdân)

  1. ignorant
  2. unwise
  • نادانی (nâdâni)

Noun

نادان • (nâdân)

  1. ignoramus
  2. an unwise person

Antonyms

Descendants
  • → Bashkir: наҙан (naźan)
  • → Bengali: নাদান (nadan)
  • → Gujarati: નાદાન (nādān)
  • → Hindustani:
  • → Kazakh: надан (nadan)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نادان (nādān).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nɑː.d̪ɑːn/
  • Audio (PK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: نا‧دان

Adjective

نادان • (nādān) (Hindi spelling नादान)

  1. naive
  2. foolish
  • نادانی (nādānī)
  • نادانی سے (nādānī se)

References
  • “نادان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “نادان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Uyghur

Etymology

From Persian نادان (nâdân).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɑdɑn/

Adjective

نادان • (nadan)

  1. ignorant, uneducated
  2. stupid, foolish, silly

Further reading
  • Schwarz, Henry G. (1992) An Uyghur-English Dictionary (East Asian Research Aids & Translations; 3), Bellingham, Washington: Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University, →ISBN
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