نه

See also: نہ, به, ته, بہٕ, په, پہ, and تۀ

Gilaki

Numeral

نه (no)

1. nine

Khalaj

Etymology 1

Adverb

نه (nə)

1. Arabic spelling of nə (“what a, how, why”)

Etymology 2

Conjunction

نه...نه... (nə ... nə ...)

1. Arabic spelling of nə (“neither; nor”)

Mazanderani

Numeral

نه (ne)

1. nine

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *nē- (“what”).

Pronoun

نه • (ne)

1. what

Descendants

• Turkish: ne

Adverb

نه • (ne)

1. what

Descendants

• Turkish: ne

Etymology 2

From Persian نه (na).

Conjunction

نه • (ne)

1. neither; nor

Descendants

• Turkish: ne

Pashto

Pashto cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : نه

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nə/

Numeral

نه • (në)

1. nine

Persian

Alternative forms

• نع (na') (nonstandard)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Persian نی (nē), from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭠 / 𐭭𐭩 (nē), from Proto-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”).

Pronunciation

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [næ]
• (all other standards) IPA^(key): [na]

Adverb

Dari	نه, نی
Iranian Persian	نه
Tajik	на

نَه • (na)

1. not
2. (informal) no

Particle

نَه • (na)

1. (informal) no

Synonyms

• نخیر (na-xeyr)
• خیر (xeyr)
• (slang) نچ (noč)

Etymology 2

Dari	نه
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нуҳ, нӯҳ

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nwk' /⁠nōg⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎺 (n-v /⁠nava⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate to English nine.

Pronunciation

Persian numbers ^(edit)

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Cardinal: نُه (noh)     Ordinal: نهم (nohom)

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nuh/
  • Most likely pronounced as [no̞h] (with a majhūl pēš /o/ as opposed to ma'rūf pēš /u/) based on descendant pronunciations. However, it is unclear because majhūl and ma'rūf short vowels are not clearly distinguished before a word final ه (hē).

• (Dari) IPA^(key): /nʊh/, [no̞h]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [no̞]

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /noh/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /nɵh/

Numeral

نُه • (noh) (Persian numeral ۹)

1. nine

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Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit न (na).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nə]

Adverb

نه • (na) (Devanagari न)

1. not

References

• Khānu, Balocu (1960-1988) “نه”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Ḥaidarābād, Sindhu: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ