नौ

See also: ऩ, ना, ने, नि, नृ, नै, न, and -ना

Hindi

Hindi numbers ^(edit)

	90[a], [b]
←  8	९ 9	10  →
Cardinal: नौ (nau)     Ordinal: नौवाँ (nauvā̃), नवाँ (navā̃)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nɔː/, [n̪ɔː]

Numeral

नौ • (nau) (native script symbol ९, Urdu spelling نو‎) (cardinal)

1. nine

Nepali

Nepali numbers ^(edit)

	90[a], [b]
←  8	९ 9	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: नौ (nau)     Ordinal: नवौँ (nawa͠u)     Multiplier: नौगुना (naugunā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʌu̯]
• Phonetic Devanagari: नौ

Numeral

नौ • (nau)

1. nine

Sanskrit

Etymology 1

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).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑːw/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑw/

Noun

नौ • (naú) f

1. 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.

   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
2. name of a particular appearance of the moon or of a constellation (Var.)
3. (figurative) voice; speech (Nir.)

Declension

Declension of नौ
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 2

Pronoun

नौ • (nau)

1. (chiefly poetic) accusative/dative/genitive dual of अहम् (aham)

References

• 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.