Sanskrit

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Sanskrit numbers (edit)
90
[a], [b] ←  8
9
10  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: नव (nava), नवन् (navan)
    Ordinal: नवम (navama)
    Multiplier: नवधा (navadhā)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua), Persian نه (noh), Pashto نه (), Northern Kurdish neh, Latin novem, Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa), Old English niġon (whence English nine).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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नवन् (návan)

  1. nine

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “नवन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 531, column 3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “náva”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 24-25
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náva²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 401