न

See also: ऩ, नृ, ने, नै, and ন

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nə/

Letter

न (na)

1. A letter of the Devanagari alphabet representing the sound /n/.

See also

Ligatures:

• श्न (śna): श + न

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Hindi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə/, [nɐ]

Letter

न • (na)

1. The twentieth consonant of Hindi.

See also

• (Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ फ़ ^{(Category: Hindi letters) [edit]}
• (with nuqta): ऩ (ṉ)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː/, [näː], /nə/, [nɐ]

While the second pronunciation is the expected one for the particle, the first, with a long "ā", is more common.

Particle

न • (na) (Urdu spelling نہ)

1. not, do not

   कृपया न पीजिए!

   kŕpyā na pījie!

   Please, do not drink [it]!

2. isn't it?

   मेरा नाम बहुत लम्बा है, न?

   merā nām bahut lambā hai, na?

   My name is very long, isn't it?

Usage notes

न is used in sudden situations, and normally shows alarm. A less urgent alternative is मत (mat).

Synonyms

• मत (mat)
• नहीं (nahī̃)

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• na (Latin script)
• 𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ন (Bengali script)
• න (Sinhalese script)
• န or ၼ (Burmese script)
• น or นะ (Thai script)
• ᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ນ or ນະ (Lao script)
• ន (Khmer script)
• 𑄚 (Chakma script)

Particle

न

1. Devanagari script form of na

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Raute

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognate with Chinese 我 (wǒ).

Pronoun

न (na)

1. I

Further reading

• Encounter with the Raute: The Last Hunting Nomads of Nepal (1976)
• ASJP

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognate with Latin ne, English no.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ/

Prefix

न • (ná)

1. no, not

Particle

न • (ná)

1. (when used with an interrogative) no, not, none, no one, nothing, never, etc.

   सा वस्वी न अस्ति॥

   sā́ vásvī ná ásti.

   She is not good.

Descendants

• • Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (na)
  • Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (na)
  • Kalami: [script needed] (na)
  • Khowar: [script needed] (na), [script needed] (no)
  • Kashmiri: [script needed] (na)
  • Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (na)
  • Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
  • Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
  • Phalura: [script needed] (na)
  • Shina: [script needed] (na)
  • Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
  • Southwest Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
  • Tirahi: [script needed] (nā)
  • Torwali: [script needed] (na)
  • Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (na)
• • Dhivehi: ނަ (na)
  • Sinhalese: න (na)
• ,
  • Assamese: না (na)
  • Bengali: না (na)
  • Bihari: ना (nā)
    • Bhojpuri: ना (nā)
    • Maithili: ना (nā)
  • Odia: ନା (nā)
• ,
  • Konkani: ना (nā)
  • Marathi: ना (nā)
• Pali: na
• ,
  • Garhwali: ना (nā)
  • Gujarati: ના (nā)
  • Hindustani:

    , ना (nā, “don't”)

    , نہ‎ (nā, “don't”)

  • Kumaoni: न (na)
  • Marwari: ना (nā)
  • Nepali: न (na)
  • Punjabi: ਨਾ (nā)
  • Romani: na
  • Sindhi: न (na)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press