नक्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νῠ́ξ (núx), Latin nox, Lithuanian naktis, Old English niht (whence English night).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́k/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐk/

Noun

नक् • (nák) stem, ?

1. (Vedic) night
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.71.1:

     अप स्वसुरुषसो नग्जिहीते रिणक्ति कृष्णीररुषाय पन्थाम् ।

     ápa svásuruṣáso nágjihīte riṇákti kṛṣṇī́raruṣā́ya pánthām

     The Night retireth from the Dawn her Sister; the Dark one yieldeth to the Red her pathway.

Related terms

• नक्त (nakta)
• नक्ति (nakti)