නො

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• no (Latin script)
• 𑀦𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• नो (Devanagari script)
• নো (Bengali script)
• နော or ၼေႃ (Burmese script)
• โน (Thai script)
• ᨶᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂນ (Lao script)
• នោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄮 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

නො

1. Sinhala script form of no, which is accusative/instrumental/genitive/dative plural of අහං (ahaṃ, “us”)
   • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎^[1], page 82:

     කන‍්නු ඛ‍්වජ‍්ජ සමණං වා බ්‍රාහ‍්මණං වා පයිරුපාසෙය්‍යාම යන‍්නො පයිරුපාසතො චිත‍්තං පසීදෙය්‍යා!"ති

     kannu khvajja samaṇaṃ vā brāhmaṇaṃ vā payirupāseyyāma yanno payirupāsato cittaṃ pasīdeyyā!"ti

     Indeed now which ascetic or Brahmin should we visit today who, for us visiting him, will soothe the heart?

Particle

නො

1. Sinhala script form of no (“surely not”)
   • 2006, The Fifth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (II)‎^[2], page 558:

     පුන ච පරං භන‍්තෙ, ඉමෙ ඉසිදත‍්තපුරාණා ථපතයො මමභත‍්තා
     මමයානා අහං නෙසං ජීවිතස‍්ස පදාතා යසස‍්ස ආහත‍්තා අථ ච පන
     නො තථා මයි නිපච‍්චාකාරං කරොන‍්ති යථා භගවති.

     Puna ca paraṃ bhante, ime isidattapurāṇā thapatayo mamabhattā
     mamayānā ahaṃ nesaṃ jīvitassa padātā yasassa āhattā atha ca pana
     no tathā mayi nipaccākāraṃ karonti yathā bhagavati.

     Furthermore, sir, these chamberlains Isidatta and Purāṇa share my meals and my carriages. I give them a livelihood and bring them renown. And yet they don’t show me the same level of devotion that they show to the Buddha.

Particle

නො

1. Sinhala script form of no (“indeed”)