𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀

Avestan

Alternative forms

• 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬥 (nauuan)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Sanskrit नवन् (návan), English nine.

Numeral

𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 • (nauua)

Avestan cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua)     Ordinal : 𐬥𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (naoma)

1. nine

Inflection

Indeclinable.

References

Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎^[1], Brill, →ISBN, page 66