नौ
HindiEdit
90[a], [b] | ||
← 8 | ९ 9 |
10 → |
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Cardinal: नौ (nau) Ordinal: नौवाँ (nauvā̃), नवाँ (navā̃) |
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
नौ • (nau) (native script symbol ९, Urdu spelling نو) (cardinal)
NepaliEdit
90[a], [b] | ||
← 8 | ९ 9 |
10 → [a], [b] |
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Cardinal: नौ (nau) Ordinal: नवौँ (nawa͠u) Multiplier: नौगुना (naugunā) |
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan).
PronunciationEdit
NumeralEdit
नौ • (nau)
SanskritEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *náHuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs), Latin nāvis (“ship”), Persian ناو (nâv).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
नौ • (naú) f
- ship; boat
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.5:
- अ॒ना॒र॒म्भ॒णे तद् अ॑वीरयेथाम् अनास्था॒ने अ॑ग्रभ॒णे स॑मु॒द्रे ।
यद् अ॑श्विना ऊ॒हथु॑र् भु॒ज्युम् अस्तं॑ श॒तारि॑त्रां॒ नाव॑म् आतस्थि॒वांस॑म् ॥- anārambhaṇe tad avīrayethām anāsthāne agrabhaṇe samudre .
yad aśvinā ūhathur bhujyum astaṃ śatāritrāṃ nāvam ātasthivāṃsam . - You performed heroic feat in the ocean that gave no grasping support or foothold,
O Aśvins, when you carried Bhujyu home, mounted on a hundred-oared ship.
- anārambhaṇe tad avīrayethām anāsthāne agrabhaṇe samudre .
- अ॒ना॒र॒म्भ॒णे तद् अ॑वीरयेथाम् अनास्था॒ने अ॑ग्रभ॒णे स॑मु॒द्रे ।
- name of a particular appearance of the moon or of a constellation (Var.)
- (figurative) voice; speech (Nir.)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of नौ | |||
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Nom. sg. | नौः (nauḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | नावः (nāvaḥ) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | नौः (nauḥ) | नावौ, नावा (nāvau, nāvā) | नावः (nāvaḥ) |
Vocative | नौः (nauḥ) | नावौ, नावा (nāvau, nāvā) | नावः (nāvaḥ) |
Accusative | नावम् (nāvam) | नावौ, नावा (nāvau, nāvā) | नावः (nāvaḥ) |
Instrumental | नावा (nāvā) | नौभ्याम् (naubhyām) | नौभिः (naubhiḥ) |
Dative | नावे (nāve) | नौभ्याम् (naubhyām) | नौभ्यः (naubhyaḥ) |
Ablative | नावः (nāvaḥ) | नौभ्याम् (naubhyām) | नौभ्यः (naubhyaḥ) |
Genitive | नावः (nāvaḥ) | नावोः (nāvoḥ) | नावाम् (nāvām) |
Locative | नावि (nāvi) | नावोः (nāvoḥ) | नौषु (nauṣu) |
Etymology 2Edit
PronounEdit
नौ • (nau)
ReferencesEdit
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “नौ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “नौ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 148
- Monier Williams (1899), “नौ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 571/2.