As a Hindi name
नोन · noun · masculine
नमक — Śabdasāgara
लोन · masculine
salt
नोन · masculine
Cited formation "नोन" is नो + -न: नो means "नहीं", 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
Cited formation "नोन" is नोना + -न: नोना means "(f. -ī), Salt, saline", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit लवण — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀡 (loṇa), 𑀮𑀯𑀡 (lavaṇa), from Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa). Doublet of लवण (lavaṇ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
lavaṇa mf(ā)n. (derivation doubtful) saline, salt, briny, brinish, ŚBr. &c. &c. (˚ṇaṃ kṛtvā, or kṛtya, g. sākṣādi)
tasteful, graceful, handsome, beautiful, W.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Compare नुचना (nucnā) < older लुचना (lucnā), but also perhaps influenced by unrelated नोनी (nonī, “butter”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: a man (also -ka)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nona" is the vocative of "nonā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
nona m. N. of a man (also -ka), Rājat.
nonā f. N. of a woman, ib.
Alternative readings
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