नु

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Pali

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Particle

नु (nu)

  1. Devanagari script form of nu (“then, now”)

Sanskrit

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬏 (nū, “now”), Latin num (“now”), Old English nū (whence English now), Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

नु • (nú)

  1. now
  2. at once
  3. now then
  4. so now
  5. still

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *newH- (“to cry”), whence Old Irish núall (“a loud noise”), Tocharian B nu- (“to roar”), and perhaps Latin nūntius (“messenger”).

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Pronunciation

Root

नु • (nu)

  1. to sound out, exult
  2. to praise, commend
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Noun

नु • (nu) stem, m

  1. praise, eulogium
Declension
Masculine u-stem declension of नु (nu)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative नुः
nuḥ 		नू
nū 		नवः
navaḥ
Vocative नो
no 		नू
nū 		नवः
navaḥ
Accusative नुम्
num 		नू
nū 		नून्
nūn
Instrumental नुना / न्वा¹
nunā / nvā¹ 		नुभ्याम्
nubhyām 		नुभिः
nubhiḥ
Dative नवे / न्वे¹
nave / nve¹ 		नुभ्याम्
nubhyām 		नुभ्यः
nubhyaḥ
Ablative नोः / न्वः¹
noḥ / nvaḥ¹ 		नुभ्याम्
nubhyām 		नुभ्यः
nubhyaḥ
Genitive नोः / न्वः¹
noḥ / nvaḥ¹ 		न्वोः
nvoḥ 		नूनाम्
nūnām
Locative नौ
nau 		न्वोः
nvoḥ 		नुषु
nuṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 3

Related to Proto-Iranian *nau (“to move”) (whence Persian نویدن (navidan, “to tremble, quiver”)), from Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod”), with semantic shift "to nod the head" > "to move in a shaking manner". However, Mayrhofer is skeptical of most attestations of the root in Indic, noting that the Sanskrit passages attributed to the root are just as well interpreted with the "to sound out, praise" meaning of Etymology 2. That said, certain isolated formations like अतिनावयेत् (atināvayet) do seem to point to the root's existence as separate from that of Etymology 2.

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Root

नु • (nu)

  1. to go
  2. to move from the place, remove
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References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 52-3
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 23-4; 52
  3. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419
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