नहीं
Braj edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit नहि (nahí, “surely not”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from earlier *ná gʲʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + *gʰí. Cognate with Assamese নাই (nai), Early Assamese নাহি (nahi), Hindi नहीं (nahī̃).
Adverb edit
नहीं (nahī̃)
Alternative forms edit
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit नहि (nahí, “surely not”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from earlier *ná gʲʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + *gʰí. Cognate with Assamese নাই (nai), Early Assamese নাহি (nahi), Braj नहीं (nahī̃).
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
नहीं • (nahī̃) (Urdu spelling نہیں)
- no, not (negative response to a yes-no question)
- बिलकुल नहीं ― bilkul nahī̃ ― of course not
- no, not (used for negation of statements in the indicative and contrafactual moods)
Usage notes edit
Often used with the polite particle जी (jī) to be more polite in answering those given respect as in जी नहीं (jī nahī̃).
नहीं (nahī̃) is not used with verbs in subjunctive and imperative mood. The subjunctive negation ना (nā) is used with the subjunctive mood and the imperative negation मत (mat) is used with the imperative mood.
Synonyms edit
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नहीं”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press