न
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Translingual
Pronunciation
Letter
न (na)
- A letter of the Devanagari alphabet representing the sound /n/.
See also
Ligatures:
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
Letter
न • (na)
- The third consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
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)
- (with nuqta): ऩ (ṉ)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit न (na).
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 (na) is used in sudden situations, and normally shows alarm. A less urgent alternative is मत (mat).
Synonyms
Marathi
Pronunciation
Letter
न • (na)
Nepali
Pronunciation
Letter
न • (na)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
Particle
न
- Devanagari script form of na
Adjective
न
- Devanagari script form of na (“that”)
Declension
Declension table of "न" (masculine)
Declension table of "ना" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | नं (naṃ) |
Declension table of "न" (neuter)
Pronoun
न m
- Devanagari script form of na (“him, it, that”)
Declension
Declension table of "न" (masculine)
Pronoun
न n
- Devanagari script form of na (“it, that”)
Declension
Declension table of "न" (neuter)
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
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ন (Assamese script)
- ᬦ (Balinese script)
- ন (Bengali script)
- 𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- န (Burmese script)
- ન (Gujarati script)
- ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ನ (Kannada script)
- ន (Khmer script)
- ນ (Lao script)
- ന (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣 (Newa script)
- ନ (Odia script)
- ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡 (Siddham script)
- න (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝 (Takri script)
- ந (Tamil script)
- న (Telugu script)
- น (Thai script)
- ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
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.
- (with optative) lest, that not
- (with repetition) absolutely, very much, unequivocally
- like, as, just as, as it were, as if
Derived terms
Descendants
- Dardic:
- Gawar-Bati: (na)
- Indus Kohistani: (na)
- Kalami: (na)
- Khowar: (na), (no)
- Kashmiri:
- Kohistani Shina: (na)
- Northeast Pashayi: (na)
- Northwest Pashayi: (na)
- Phalura: (na)
- Shina: (na)
- Southeast Pashayi: (na)
- Southwest Pashayi: (na)
- Tirahi: (nā)
- Torwali: (na)
- Wotapuri-Katarqalai: (na)
- Helu Prakrit:
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
- Pali: na
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press