Etymology

According to Martirosyan, a nursery word possibly of Proto-Indo-European origin. Compare Persian نانا ‎(nānā, “mother, mamma”), Shughni на̄н ‎(nān, “mother; grandmother”), Khotanese [script needed] ‎(nāni, “mother”), Sanskrit नना ‎(nanā́-, “mother, mum”), Serbo-Croatian nana, nena ‎(“mother”), Ancient Greek νάννη ‎(nánnē, “aunt”), Albanian nënë ‎(“mother”), Welsh nain ‎(“grandmother”), etc.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [nɑn]