नक्

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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) stemf

  1. (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.

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