नु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• नू (nū́)

Alternative scripts

• ᬦᬸ (Balinese script)
• নু (Assamese script)
• নু (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰲 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀼 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌨𑍁 (Grantha script)
• નુ (Gujarati script)
• ꦤꦸ (Javanese script)
• នុ (Khmer script)
• ನು (Kannada script)
• ນຸ (Lao script)
• നു (Malayalam script)
• 𑘡𑘳 (Modi script)
• နု (Burmese script)
• 𑧁𑧔 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐸 (Newa script)
• ନୁ (Oriya script)
• ꢥꢸ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆶 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖲 (Siddham script)
• ను (Telugu script)
• นุ (Thai script)
• ནུ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒳 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬏‎ (nū, “now”), Latin num (“now”), Old English nū (whence English now), Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nú/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪u/

Adverb

नु • (nú)

1. now
2. at once
3. now then
4. so now
5. still

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *new- (“to nod, ascent”). Cognates include English need and possibly Latin nūntius whence announce.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nu/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪u/

Root

नु • (nu)

1. to sound out, exult
2. to praise, commend

Derived terms

• नुत (nutá, “praised, commended”)
• नुति (nuti, “praise, laudation; worship”)

 

Noun

नु • (nu) m

1. praise, eulogium

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “नु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 567.
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 767
• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 353