نو

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Baluchi

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

نو • (no)

1. nine

Noun

نو • (no)

1. nine (digit)

See also

• نہ

Brahui

Brahui numbers ^(edit)

←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: نو (no)

Etymology

Borrowed from Baluchi نو (no)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noː/

Numeral

نو (no)

1. nine, 9

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑwː/

Noun

نو (transliteration needed) m

1. heat (of the weather)

Adjective

نو (transliteration needed) m or f

1. hot (of the weather)

Mazanderani

Etymology 1

Compare Persian نو (now).

Adjective

نو (nu)

1. new

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”).

Noun

نو (nô)

1. (obsolete) boat, small ship
2. trough

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic from the sound of meowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naw/

Interjection

نَوْ • (naw)

1. meow (sound of a cat)

   Coordinate term: عَو (ʕaw, “woof”)

Derived terms

• نوّى (nawwa, “to meow, mew”)

Pashto

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”). Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬋 (nāfō), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Noun

نو • (nu) m

1. navel

Synonyms

• د نامه غوټه

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

Adverb

نو • (no)

1. then

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩 (nōg), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎺 (n-v /⁠nava⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *náwah (compare Northern Kurdish nû, Northern Luri نوو (nu), Pashto نوی (nëway), Ossetian ног (nog), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit नव (náva), Hindi नया (nayā)) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (compare Greek νέος (néos), Russian но́вый (nóvyj), Italian nuovo and English new).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaw/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näw]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näw]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näw]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [neːw]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [now]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näw]

Readings
Classical reading?	naw
Dari reading?	naw
Iranian reading?	now
Tajik reading?	nav

Adjective

نو • (naw / now) (comparative نوتَر, superlative نوتَرین, Tajik spelling нав)

1. new, pristine, unused (of an item)
2. fresh

Antonyms

• کهنه (kohne)

Derived terms

• نواختر (naw-axtar / now-axtar)
• نوروز (nawrōz / nowruz)
• نوین (nawīn / navin)

Descendants

• Ottoman Turkish: نو (nev)

Sindhi

Sindhi numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	9	10  →
Cardinal: نَوَ (naua)     Ordinal: نائون (nāõ)

Etymology

From Sanskrit नव (náva).

Numeral

نو • (nava) (Devanagari नव)

1. nine

References

• Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “نَوَ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Hindi नौ (nau), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀯 (ṇava), from Sanskrit नव (náva).

Numeral

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

	90[a], [b]
←  8	۹ 9	10  →
Cardinal: نَو (nau)     Ordinal: نَوواں (nauvā̃), نُہُم (nuhum)

نَو • (nau) (Hindi spelling नौ) (cardinal)

1. nine

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian نو (naw). Doublet of نیا (nayā).

Adjective

نَو • (nau) (Hindi spelling नौ)

1. (formal) new

   نو صدر مملکت ― nau sadr mumlikat ― new head of state

References

• “نو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.