Punjabi

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Etymology

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Perhaps inherited from Old Punjabi کُوں (kūṉ), also attested as Old Punjabi نُوں (nūṉ). Cognate with Saraiki کُوں (kūṉ).

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Postposition

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نُوں (nūṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੂੰ)

  1. marks the dative case: to
    میرے بَھرا نُوں کُجھ پاݨی دِیوْ۔mere bharā nūṉ kujh pāṇī dīv.Give my brother some water.
    تُہانُوں کِی ہویا؟tuhānūṉ kī hoeyā?What happened to you?

Saraiki

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Etymology 1

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See Punjabi نوں (noṉ).

Pronunciation

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Postposition

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نُوں (nūṉ)

  1. marks the dative case: to
    Synonym: کُوں (kūṉ)
    اُوں نُوں ݙَس۔
    ūṉ nūṉ ḏas.
    tell him.

Etymology 2

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Saraiki numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 ۹
9
10  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: نَوں (nauṉ)
    Ordinal: ناواں (nāvāṉ)

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

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نوں (noṉ)

  1. nine