नक्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νῠ́ξ (núx), Latin nox, Lithuanian naktis, Old English niht (whence English night).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́k/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐk/

Noun

नक् • (nák) stem, ?

1. (Vedic) night
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.71.1:

     अप॒ स्वसु॑र् उ॒षसो॒ नग् जि॑हीते रि॒णक्ति॑ कृ॒ष्णीर् अ॑रु॒षाय॒ पन्था॑म् ।

     ápa svásur uṣáso nág jihīte riṇákti kṛṣṇī́r aruṣā́ya pánthām.

     The Night retireth from the Dawn her Sister; the Dark one yieldeth to the Red her pathway.

Related terms

• नक्त (nakta)
• नक्ति (nakti)