नु

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SanskritEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• नू (nū)

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /n̪u/

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

AdverbEdit

नु • (nú)

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

ReferencesEdit

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 567/1