नौ

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɔː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Hindi नौ (nau), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀯 (ṇava), from Sanskrit नवन् (návan), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

नौ • (nau) (native script symbol ९, Urdu spelling نو) (cardinal)

1. nine

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian نو (naw). Doublet of नया (nayā).

Adjective

नौ • (nau) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نو)

1. (formal) new

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “नौ”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नौ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “नौ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नौ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: नौ

Numeral

नौ • (nau)

1. nine

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *náHuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs), Latin nāvis (“ship”), Persian ناو (nâv).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑːw/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑw/

Noun

नौ • (naú) stem, f

1. ship; boat
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.5:

     अ॒ना॒र॒म्भ॒णे तद् अ॑वीरयेथाम् अनास्था॒ने अ॑ग्रभ॒णे स॑मु॒द्रे ।
     यद् अ॑श्विना ऊ॒हथु॑र् भु॒ज्युम् अस्तं॑ श॒तारि॑त्रां॒ नाव॑म् आतस्थि॒वांस॑म् ॥

     anārambhaṇé tád avīrayethām anāsthāné agrabhaṇé samudré .
     yád aśvinā ūháthur bhujyúm ástaṃ śatā́ritrāṃ nā́vam ātasthivā́ṃsam .

     You performed heroic feat in the ocean that gave no grasping support or foothold,
     O Aśvins, when you carried Bhujyu home, mounted on a hundred-oared ship.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
2. name of a particular appearance of the moon or of a constellation (Var.)
3. (figurative) voice; speech (Nir.)

Declension

Derived terms

• नौका (naukā)
• नावा (nāvā)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

नौ • (nau)

1. (chiefly poetic) accusative/dative/genitive dual of अहम् (aham)

References

• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “नौ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “नौ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 148
• Monier Williams (1899) “नौ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 571/2.