नव

Sanskrit

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua), Persian نو (nou)), from Proto-Indo-European *néwos. Other cognates include Ancient Greek νέος (neos), Latin novus, Tocharian B ñuwe, Old Church Slavonic новъ (novǔ), and Old English nīwe (English new).

Adjective

नव (náva)

  1. new, fresh, recent, young, modern
  2. often in compounds with a substantive
    नवान्न (navā-nna)new rice or grain; first-fruits
  3. or with a past participle in the sense of "newly, just, lately"
    नवोदित (navo-dita)newly risen (sun)
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Noun

नव (náva) m

  1. young monk, novice
  2. crow
  3. a red-flowered पुनर्नवा (punar-navā)
  4. name of a son of उशीनर (uśīnara) and नवा (navā)
  5. name of a son of विलोमन् (viloman)
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Noun

नव (náva) n

  1. new grain
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Etymology 2

From the root √nu (to praise, commend).

Noun

नव (nava) m

  1. praise, celebration
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Etymology 3

From the root √nu (to sound loudly, roar, thunder).

Noun

नव (nava) m

  1. sneezing
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Etymology 4

See नवन् (navan, nine).

Numeral

नव (náva)

  1. (cardinal) in त्रिणव (tri-ṇava) and in compounds: nine

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, pages 0530, 0531
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