न
Translingual
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Pronunciation
Letter
न (na)
- A letter of the Devanagari alphabet representing the sound /n/.
See also
Ligatures:
Hindi
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
न • (na)
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
While the second pronunciation is the expected one for the particle, the first, with a long "ā", is more common.
Particle
Usage notes
न is used in sudden situations, and normally shows alarm. A less urgent alternative is मत (mat).
Synonyms
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Particle
न
- Devanagari script form of na
Raute
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognate with Chinese 我 (wǒ).
Pronoun
न (na)
Further reading
- Encounter with the Raute: The Last Hunting Nomads of Nepal (1976)
- ASJP
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognate with Latin ne, English no.
Pronunciation
Prefix
न • (ná)
Particle
न • (ná)
- (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
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "inc-dar-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- 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)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "elu-prk" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "inc-mgd" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "inc-mgd" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pmh" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "pmh" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Pali: na
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "psu" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Garhwali: ना (nā)
- Gujarati: ના (nā)
- Hindustani:
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=., ना (nā, “don't”)
- Lua error in Module:etymology/templates/descendant at line 287: You specified a term in 4= and not one in 3=. You probably meant to use t= to specify a gloss instead. If you intended to specify two terms, put the second term in 3=., 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
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