नग्नहु

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নগ্নহু (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬕ᭄ᬦᬳᬸ (Balinese script)
• নগ্নহু (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰐𑰿𑰡𑰮𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀕𑁆𑀦𑀳𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• နဂ္နဟု (Burmese script)
• નગ્નહુ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਗ੍ਨਹੁ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌗𑍍𑌨𑌹𑍁 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦒ꧀ꦤꦲꦸ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂏𑂹𑂢𑂯𑂳 (Kaithi script)
• ನಗ್ನಹು (Kannada script)
• នគ្នហុ (Khmer script)
• ນຄ຺ນຫຸ (Lao script)
• നഗ്നഹു (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᡤᠨᠠᡥᡠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘐𑘿𑘡𑘮𑘳 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᠺᠨᠠᠾᠤ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑦰𑧠𑧁𑧎𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐐𑑂𑐣𑐴𑐸 (Newa script)
• ନଗ୍ନହୁ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢔ꣄ꢥꢲꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆓𑇀𑆤𑆲𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖐𑖿𑖡𑖮𑖲 (Siddham script)
• නග‍්නහු (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩞 𑪙𑩯𑪂𑩒 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚌𑚶𑚝𑚩𑚰 (Takri script)
• நக்³நஹு (Tamil script)
• నగ్నహు (Telugu script)
• นคฺนหุ (Thai script)
• ན་གྣ་ཧུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒑𑓂𑒢𑒯𑒳 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨍𑩇𑨝𑨱𑨃 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *nagná- (“fermented product”). Cognate with Baluchi نگن (nagan, “bread”), Middle Persian LHMA (nān, “bread”) (whence Persian نان (nân, “bread”)), Sogdian [script needed] (nγn- /⁠naγn⁠/, “bread”), Parthian ngn (naγn).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐɡ.nɐ́.ɦu/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɐɡ.n̪ɐ.ɦu/

Noun

नग्नहु • (nagnáhu) stem, m

1. ferment; a drug used for fermenting liquor
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Śukla-Yajurveda (Vājasenayi Saṃhitā) 19.83:

     रसं॑ परि॒स्रुता॒ न रोहि॑तं न॒ग्नहु॒र् धीर॒स् तस॑रं॒ न वेम॑॥

     rásaṃ parisrútā ná róhitaṃ nagnáhur dhī́ras tásaraṃ ná véma.

     Like the shuttle through the loom, the steady ferment mixes the red juice with the foaming spirit.

   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

Declension

Masculine u-stem declension of नग्नहु (nagnáhu)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नग्नहुः nagnáhuḥ	नग्नहू nagnáhū	नग्नहवः nagnáhavaḥ
Vocative	नग्नहो nágnaho	नग्नहू nágnahū	नग्नहवः nágnahavaḥ
Accusative	नग्नहुम् nagnáhum	नग्नहू nagnáhū	नग्नहून् nagnáhūn
Instrumental	नग्नहुना / नग्नह्वा¹ nagnáhunā / nagnáhvā¹	नग्नहुभ्याम् nagnáhubhyām	नग्नहुभिः nagnáhubhiḥ
Dative	नग्नहवे / नग्नह्वे¹ nagnáhave / nagnáhve¹	नग्नहुभ्याम् nagnáhubhyām	नग्नहुभ्यः nagnáhubhyaḥ
Ablative	नग्नहोः / नग्नह्वः¹ nagnáhoḥ / nagnáhvaḥ¹	नग्नहुभ्याम् nagnáhubhyām	नग्नहुभ्यः nagnáhubhyaḥ
Genitive	नग्नहोः / नग्नह्वः¹ nagnáhoḥ / nagnáhvaḥ¹	नग्नह्वोः nagnáhvoḥ	नग्नहूनाम् nagnáhūnām
Locative	नग्नहौ nagnáhau	नग्नह्वोः nagnáhvoḥ	नग्नहुषु nagnáhuṣu
Notes	¹Vedic