As a deity name
Name 821 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
नूतन · adj
नया । नवीन · हाल का । ताजा · अनोखा । अपूर्व । विलक्षण — Śabdasāgara
नूतन · nūtan · adj.
(f. -ā), New, fresh; recent, modern; young; novel, strange — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1159
नूतन · feminine
a female given name, Nutan, from Sanskrit
नूतन
new, fresh, recent; modern, novel; young, youthful
Cited formation "नूतन" is नूत + -न: नूत means "नया । नवीन । नूतन", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नूतन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नूतन (nūtana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nūtana mf(ā)n. (fr. 1. nu, or nū), belonging to ‘now’ or the present day, new, novel, recent, modern, young, fresh (opp. to pūrva, purāṇa &c.), RV. &c. &c.
(with vayas n. youth, juvenility, Hcar.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. 1. nu, or nū), belonging to ‘now’ or the present day, new, novel, recent, modern, young, fresh (opp. to pūrva, purāṇa &c.), &c. &c.
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
nūtana mf(ā)n. (fr. 1. nu, or nū), belonging to ‘now’ or the present day, new, novel, recent, modern, young, fresh (opp. to pūrva, purāṇa &c.), RV. &c. &c.
(with vayas n. youth, juvenility, Hcar.)
new i.e. curious, strange, Bālar. vii, 69; Hit. ii, 168/169.
nūtana, nūtna a. [nava eva svārthe tanap nurādeśaśca] 1 New; nūtano rājā samājñāpayati U. 1; R. 8. 15. 2 Fresh, young. 3 Present. 4 Instantaneous. 5 Recent, modern. 6 Curious, strange.
nūtana mfn. (-naḥ-nā-naṃ) New, recent, fresh, young, &c. E. nava new, nū substituted for it, and tanap aff.
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