नक्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nákts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nákts, 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, ? (Vedic)

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

     अप स्वसुरुषसो नग्जिहीते रिणक्ति कृष्णीररुषाय पन्थाम् ।

     apa svasuruṣaso nagjihīte riṇakti kṛṣṇīraruṣāya panthām.

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