نو

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Baluchi

Etymology

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

Numeral

نو • (no)

1. nine

Noun

نو • (no)

1. nine (digit)

See also

• نہ‎

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑwː/

Noun

نو (transliteration needed) m

1. (of the weather) heat

Adjective

نو (transliteration needed) m or f

1. (of the weather) hot

Mazanderani

Etymology 1

Compare Persian نو‎ (now).

Adjective

نو (nu)

1. new

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”).

Noun

نو (nô)

1. boat, small ship

Pashto

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”). Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬋‎ (nāfō), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nu/

Noun

نو • (nu) m

1. navel

Synonyms

• د نامه غوټه‎

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /no/

Adverb

نو • (no)

1. then

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩‎ (nōg), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎺 (n-v), from Proto-Iranian *náwah (compare Northern Kurdish nû, Pashto نوی‎ (nëway), Ossetian ног (nog), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (nauua)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit नव (náva), Hindi नया (nayā)) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (compare Greek νέος (néos), Russian но́вый (nóvyj), Italian nuovo and English new).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /naw/

• (Dari Persian) IPA^(key): /naw/

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /now/

• (Tajik) IPA^(key): /nav/

Adjective

Dari	نو
Iranian Persian
Tajik	нав (nav)

نو • (now), comparative نوتَر‎ (now-tar), superlative نوتَرین‎ (now-tarin)

1. new, pristine, unused (of an item)
2. fresh

Antonyms

• کهنه‎ (kohne)

Related terms

• نوروز‎ (nowruz)
• نوین‎ (navin)
• نواختر‎ (now-axtar)

Sindhi

Etymology

From Sanskrit नवन् (navan).

Numeral

نو (navan)

1. nine

Urdu

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	٩ 9	10  →
Cardinal: نَو     Ordinal: نَوواں‎

نو • (nau) (Hindi spelling नौ)

1. nine

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɔː/
• Rhymes: -ɔː

Adjective

نَو • (nau) (Hindi spelling नौ)

1. (formal) new

   ‏نو صدر مملکت‎ ― nau sadr mumlikat ― new head of state

References

• “نو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “نو”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.