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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নক্ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬓ᭄ (Balinese script)
- নক্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰎𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀓𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- နက် (Burmese script)
- નક્ (Gujarati script)
- ਨਕ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌕𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦏ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂍𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ನಕ್ (Kannada script)
- នក៑ (Khmer script)
- ນກ຺ (Lao script)
- നക് (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᡬ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘎𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᢉ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑦮𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐎𑑂 (Newa script)
- ନକ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢒ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆑𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖎𑖿 (Siddham script)
- නක් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩜 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
- நக் (Tamil script)
- నక్ (Telugu script)
- นกฺ (Thai script)
- ན་ཀ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒏𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨋𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νῠ́ξ (nŭ́x), Latin nox, Lithuanian naktis, Old English niht (whence English night).
Pronunciation
Noun
नक् • (nák) stem, f
- (Vedic) night
c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE,
Ṛgveda 7.71.1:
- अप॒ स्वसु॑र् उ॒षसो॒ नग् जि॑हीते रि॒णक्ति॑ कृ॒ष्णीर् अ॑रु॒षाय॒ पन्था॑म् ।
- ápa svásur uṣáso nág jihīte riṇákti kṛṣṇī́r aruṣā́ya pánthām.
- The Night retireth from the Dawn her Sister; the Dark one yieldeth to the Red her pathway.
Declension
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