نه

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See also: نہ, به, ته, بہٕ, په, پہ, and تۀ

Gilaki

Numeral

نه (no)

  1. nine

Khalaj

Etymology 1

Adverb

نه ()

  1. Arabic spelling of (what a, how, why)

Etymology 2

Conjunction

نه...نه... (nə ... nə ...)

  1. Arabic spelling of (neither; nor)

Mazanderani

Numeral

نه (ne)

  1. nine

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *nē- (what).

Pronoun

نه (ne)

  1. what
Descendants
  • Turkish: ne

Adverb

نه (ne)

  1. what
Descendants
  • Turkish: ne

Etymology 2

From Persian نه (na).

Conjunction

نه (ne)

  1. neither; nor
Descendants
  • Turkish: ne

Pashto

Pashto cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : نه

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

Numeral

نه ()

  1. nine

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Persian نی (), from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭠 / 𐭭𐭩 (), from Proto-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (not).

Pronunciation

  • (all standards) IPA(key): /na/

Adverb

Dari نه, نی
Iranian Persian نه
Tajik на

نَه (na)

  1. not
  2. (informal) no

Particle

نَه (na)

  1. (informal) no

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Dari نه
Iranian Persian
Tajik нуҳ, нӯҳ

From Middle Persian (nwk' /⁠nōg⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎺 (n-v /⁠nava⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate to English nine.

Pronunciation

Persian numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 ۹
9
10  → 
    Cardinal: نُه (noh)
    Ordinal: نهم (nohom)
  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /nuh/
    • Most likely pronounced as (with a majhūl pēš /o/ as opposed to ma'rūf pēš /u/) based on descendant pronunciations. However, it is unclear because majhūl and ma'rūf short vowels are not clearly distinguished before a word final ه ().

Numeral

نُه (noh) (Persian numeral ۹)

  1. nine