نہیں
See also: نهين
Punjabi edit
Alternative forms edit
- نَئیں (na'īṉ)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit नहि (nahi).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /nə˦ĩː/, /nə˦.ɦĩː/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /nɛː˦ɪ̃/
Adverb edit
نہیں • (nahī̃) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਹੀਂ)
Noun edit
Urdu 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 Bengali নাই (nai)/নেই (nei), Early Assamese নাহি (nahi), Assamese নাই (nai), Braj नहीं (nahī̃).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nə.ɦĩː/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): [nə͡.ĩː], [nə͡.iː]
- (Punjabic Urdu, Overseas, Europe) IPA(key): [nĩː]
Audio (PK) (file) - Rhymes: -ĩː
Adverb edit
نہیں • (nahī̃) (Hindi spelling नहीं)
- no, not, nay (indicative negation)
- بالکل نہیں! ― bilkul nahī̃! ― absolutely not!
- یہاں گاجر نہیں ہیں۔ ― yahā̃ gājar nahī̃ ha͠i. ― there are no carrots here.
Usage notes edit
Often preceded by the honorific particle جی (jī) to be more polite in answering those given respect.
Compare the subjunctive negation نہ (nā).
Derived terms edit
Particle edit
نہیں • (nahī̃) (Hindi spelling नहीं)
Further reading edit
- “نہیں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “نہیں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “نہيں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.