nazranan.
/nazˈrɑːnə/, U.S. /nɑzˈrɑnə/ In South Asia: = nazar n.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift made to superior
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1789 E. Burke Speech Impeachm. W. Hastings in Wks. (1821) VII. 293 The Nuzzer, or Nuzzeranah, which is a tribute of acknowledgement from an inferiour to a superiour.
1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 85 The native state..also took its occasional nuzzerana... Nuzzerana is not required, because it is not included in our regular system.
1967 V. Mehta Portrait of India 334 Every time a subject gazed upon the Nizam, he had to present the Nizam with a nazrana, or cash offering, whose amount was determined by the social status of the subject.
2001 Global News Wire (Nexis) 3 June Businessmen and industrialists and many others visit such shrines to pay their respects and ‘Nazrana’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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