نه

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

Gilaki

Numeral

نه (no)

nine

Khalaj

Etymology 1

Adverb

نه (nə)

Arabic spelling of nə (“what a, how, why”)

Etymology 2

Conjunction

نه...نه... (nə ... nə ...)

Arabic spelling of nə (“neither; nor”)

Mazanderani

Numeral

نه (ne)

nine

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *nē-

Pronoun

نَه (nä)

(interrogative) what
(fused relative) that which, the thing that.
دَدَه قُرْقُوتْ صُويْلَامِشْ، كُرَلُمْ خَانُمْ نَه صُويْلَامِشْ: [...]
dede ḳorḳut soylamış, görälüm ḫānum nä soylamış:
Dede Korkut said, let us see, my lord, what he said:

Descendants

Azerbaijani: nə
Gagauz: ne
Ottoman Turkish: نه (ne)
- Turkish: ne

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian .

Conjunction

نَه ... نَه ... (nä ... nä ...)

neither ... nor ...
نَه آنْ نَه بَنْ
nä an nä bän
neither me nor him

Descendants

Azerbaijani: nə
Gagauz: ne
Ottoman Turkish: نه (ne)
- Turkish: ne

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Anatolian Turkish نَه (nä), fromProto-Turkic *nē- (“what”).

Pronoun

نه • (ne)

what

Descendants

Turkish: ne

Adverb

نه • (ne)

what

Descendants

Turkish: ne

Etymology 2

From Persian (na).

Conjunction

نه • (ne)

neither; nor

Descendants

Turkish: ne

Pashto

**Pashto cardinal numbers**
< ٨	٩	١٠ >
Cardinal : نه

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nə/

Numeral

نه • (në)

nine

Persian

Alternative forms

نع (na') (nonstandard)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Persian (nē), see there for more.

Pronunciation

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):
(all other standards) IPA^(key):

Adverb


Dari	نه, نی
Iranian Persian	نه
Tajik	не, на

نَه • (na)

not
(informal) no

Particle

نَه • (na)

(informal) no

Synonyms

نخیر (na-xeyr)
خیر (xeyr)
(slang) نچ (noč)

Etymology 2

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

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key):

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key):
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key):
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key):

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key):

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): ,

Readings
Classical reading^?	nuh
Dari reading^?	noh
Iranian reading^?	noh
Tajik reading^?	nuh, nüh

nine

Numeral

**Persian numbers ^(edit)**
	90
← 8	۹ 9	10 →
Cardinal: نُه (noh) Ordinal: نهم (nohom)


Iranian Persian	نه
Dari	نه
Tajik	нуҳ, нӯҳ

نُه • (noh) (Persian numeral ۹)

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit न (na).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Adverb

نه • (na) (Devanagari न)

not

References

Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988) “نه”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ

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