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Punjabi
Etymology
Perhaps inherited from Old Punjabi کُوں (kūṉ), also attested as Old Punjabi نُوں (nūṉ). Cognate with Saraiki کُوں (kūṉ).
Pronunciation
Postposition
نُوں • (nūṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੂੰ)
- marks the dative case: to
- میرے بھرا نُوں کُجھ پاݨی دیوْ۔ ― mere bhrā nūṉ kujh pāṇī deyo. ― Give my brother some water.
- تُہانُوں کِی ہویا؟ ― tuhānūṉ kī hoeyā? ― What happened to you?
- marks the accusative case
- اوس نے میرے کُتّے نُوں ماریا ― He hit my dog!
- movement towards or until a point: to, -wards
- گَھر نُوں جا رَہیا ہاں ― ghar nūṉ jā raheyā hāṉ ― I'm going home(wards)
Saraiki
Etymology 1
See Punjabi نُوں (nūṉ).
Pronunciation
Postposition
نُوں (nūṉ)
- marks the dative case: to
- Synonym: کُوں (kūṉ)
اُوں نُوں ݙَس۔- ūṉ nūṉ ḏas.
- tell him.
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
Pronunciation
Numeral
نوں (noṉ)
- nine