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न (na)
- A letter of the Devanagari alphabet representing the sound /n/.
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Ligatures:
Dhivehi edit
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न • (na)
- The third consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
Hindi edit
Etymology 1 edit
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न • (na)
See also edit
- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ (Category: Hindi letters) [edit]
- (with nuqta): ऩ (ṉ)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Sanskrit न (na).
Pronunciation edit
While the second pronunciation is the expected one for the particle, the first, with a long "ā", is more common.
Particle edit
Usage notes edit
न (na) is used in sudden situations, and normally shows alarm. A less urgent alternative is मत (mat).
Synonyms edit
Marathi edit
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न • (na)
Nepali edit
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न • (na)
Pali edit
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Alternative forms
Particle edit
न
- Devanagari script form of na
Adjective edit
न
- Devanagari script form of na (“that”)
Declension edit
Declension table of "न" (masculine)
Declension table of "ना" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular |
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Accusative (second) | नं (naṃ) |
Declension table of "न" (neuter)
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न m
- Devanagari script form of na (“him, it, that”)
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Declension table of "न" (masculine)
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न n
- Devanagari script form of na (“it, that”)
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognate with Chinese 我 (wǒ).
Pronoun edit
न (na)
Further reading edit
- Encounter with the Raute: The Last Hunting Nomads of Nepal (1976)
- ASJP
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
Alternative scripts
- ন (Assamese script)
- ᬦ (Balinese script)
- ন (Bengali script)
- 𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- န (Burmese script)
- ન (Gujarati script)
- ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ನ (Kannada script)
- ន (Khmer script)
- ນ (Lao script)
- ന (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣 (Newa script)
- ନ (Odia script)
- ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡 (Siddham script)
- න (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝 (Takri script)
- ந (Tamil script)
- న (Telugu script)
- น (Thai script)
- ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognate with Latin ne, English no.
Pronunciation edit
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न • (ná)
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न • (ná)
- (when used with an interrogative) no, not, none, no one, nothing, never, etc.
- सा वस्वी न अस्ति॥
- sā́ vásvī ná ásti.
- She is not good.
- (with optative) lest, that not
- (with repetition) absolutely, very much, unequivocally
- like, as, just as, as it were, as if
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Dardic:
- Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (na)
- Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (na)
- Kalami: [script needed] (na)
- Khowar: [script needed] (na), [script needed] (no)
- Kashmiri:
- Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (na)
- Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
- Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
- Phalura: [script needed] (na)
- Shina: [script needed] (na)
- Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
- Southwest Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
- Tirahi: [script needed] (nā)
- Torwali: [script needed] (na)
- Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (na)
- Helu Prakrit:
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
- Pali: na
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
References edit
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press