नूनम्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নূনম্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬹᬦᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
• নূনম্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰳𑰡𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀽𑀦𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နူနမ် (Burmese script)
• નૂનમ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨੂਨਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍂𑌨𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦹꦤꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂴𑂢𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನೂನಮ್ (Kannada script)
• នូនម៑ (Khmer script)
• ນູນມ຺ (Lao script)
• നൂനമ് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᡠᡠᠨᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘴𑘡𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠤᠤᠨᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧕𑧁𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐹𑐣𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନୂନମ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢹꢥꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆷𑆤𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖳𑖡𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
• නූනම් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩒𑩛𑩯𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚱𑚝𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
• நூநம் (Tamil script)
• నూనమ్ (Telugu script)
• นูนมฺ (Thai script)
• ནཱུ་ན་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒴𑒢𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨃𑨊𑨝𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *nūnám, derived from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”) (whence नु (nú)).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nuː.nɐ́m/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪uː.n̪ɐm/

Adverb

नू॒नम् • (nūnám)

1. now, at present, just, immediately, at once
2. for the future
3. now then, therefore
4. (especially in later Sanskrit) certainly, assuredly, indeed (also in questions like कदा नूनम् (kadā nūnam, “when indeed?”))

Descendants

• Pali: nūnaṃ, nūna (dubitative or asseverative particle)
• Prakrit: 𑀡𑀽𑀡𑀁 (ṇūṇaṃ), 𑀡𑀽𑀡 (ṇūṇa)
  • ⇒ Prakrit: *𑀡𑀽𑀡𑀺𑀓𑀸 (*ṇūṇikā) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-))
    • Assamese: নুনু (nunu)
    • Bengali: নুনু (nunu), নুনি (nuni)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: नूनी (nūnī)

      Urdu: نُونی (nūnī)

    • Marathi: नुन्नी (nunnī), नुनी (nunī)
    • Odia: ନୁନି (nuni), ନୁନ୍ନି (nunni)
    • Kumaoni: नूनि (“paralysed in limbs”)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “नूनम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 567, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 53
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nūnám”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 426