Hindi

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Hindi numbers (edit)
90[a], [b]
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9
10  → 
    Cardinal: नौ (nau)
    Ordinal: नौवाँ (nauvā̃), नवाँ (navā̃), नवम (navam)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Hindi नौ (nau), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀯 (ṇava), from Sanskrit नवन् (návan), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

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

  1. nine

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نو (naw). Doublet of नया (nayā).

Adjective

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नौ (nau) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نو)

  1. (formal) new

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Nepali

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Nepali numbers (edit)
90[a], [b]
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9
10  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: नौ (nau)
    Ordinal: नवौँ (nawa͠u)
    Multiplier: नौगुना (naugunā)

Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan).

Pronunciation

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

Numeral

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नौ (nau)

  1. nine

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology 1

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Inherited 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

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Noun

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नौ (naú) stemf

  1. ship; boat
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.5:
      अ॒ना॒र॒म्भ॒णे तद् अ॑वीरयेथाम् अनास्था॒ने अ॑ग्रभ॒णे स॑मु॒द्रे ।
      यद् अ॑श्विना ऊ॒हथु॑र् भु॒ज्युम् अस्तं॑ श॒तारि॑त्रां॒ नाव॑म् आतस्थि॒वांस॑म् ॥
      anārambhaṇé tád avīrayethām anāsthāné agrabhaṇé samudré.
      yád aśvinā ūháthur bhujyúm ástaṃ śatā́ritrāṃ nā́vam ātasthivā́ṃsam.
      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
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Feminine au-stem declension of नौ
singular dual plural
nominative नौः (naúḥ) नावौ (nā́vau)
नावा¹ (nā́vā¹)
नावः (nā́vaḥ)
accusative नावम् (nā́vam) नावौ (nā́vau)
नावा¹ (nā́vā¹)
नावः (nā́vaḥ)
instrumental नावा (nāvā́) नौभ्याम् (naubhyā́m) नौभिः (naubhíḥ)
dative नावे (nāvé) नौभ्याम् (naubhyā́m) नौभ्यः (naubhyáḥ)
ablative नावः (nāváḥ) नौभ्याम् (naubhyā́m) नौभ्यः (naubhyáḥ)
genitive नावः (nāváḥ) नावोः (nāvóḥ) नावाम् (nāvā́m)
locative नावि (nāví) नावोः (nāvóḥ) नौषु (nauṣú)
vocative नौः (naúḥ) नावौ (nā́vau)
नावा¹ (nā́vā¹)
नावः (nā́vaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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नौ (nau)

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

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