Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Postposition edit

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 edit

Etymology 1 edit

See Punjabi نوں (noṉ).

Pronunciation edit

Postposition edit

نُوں (nūṉ)

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

Etymology 2 edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

نوں (noṉ)

  1. nine