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Translingual
editPronunciation
editLetter
editन (na)
- a letter of the Devanagari alphabet representing the sound /n/
See also
editLigatures:
Dhivehi
editPronunciation
editLetter
editन • (na)
- The third consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
Hindi
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editLetter
editन • (na)
See also
edit- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ (Category: Hindi letters) [edit]
- (with nuqta): ऩ (ṉ)
Etymology 2
editInherited from Sanskrit न (na).
Pronunciation
editWhile the second pronunciation is the expected one for the particle, the first, with a long "ā", is more common.
Particle
editUsage notes
editन (na) is used in sudden situations, and normally shows alarm. A less urgent alternative is मत (mat).
Some people distinguish न (na) and ना (nā) with न (na) being the particle of negation and ना (nā) being used to ask confirmation or agreement at the end of a sentence.
Synonyms
editMarathi
editPronunciation
editLetter
editन • (na)
Nepali
editPronunciation
editLetter
editन • (na)
Pali
editAlternative forms
editAlternative scripts
Particle
editन
- Devanagari script form of na
Adjective
editन
- Devanagari script form of na (“that”)
Declension
editDeclension table of "न" (masculine)
Declension table of "ना" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular |
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Accusative (second) | नं (naṃ) |
Declension table of "न" (neuter)
Pronoun
editन m
- Devanagari script form of na (“him, it, that”)
Declension
editDeclension table of "न" (masculine)
Pronoun
editन n
- Devanagari script form of na (“it, that”)
Declension
editRaute
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognate with Chinese
Pronoun
editन (na)
Further reading
edit- Encounter with the Raute: The Last Hunting Nomads of Nepal (1976)
- ASJP
Sanskrit
editAlternative forms
editAlternative scripts
- ন (Assamese script)
- ᬦ (Balinese script)
- ন (Bengali script)
- 𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- န (Burmese script)
- ન (Gujarati script)
- ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ꦤ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢 (Kaithi script)
- ನ (Kannada script)
- ន (Khmer script)
- ນ (Lao script)
- ന (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣 (Newa script)
- ନ (Odia script)
- ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡 (Siddham script)
- න (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝 (Takri script)
- ந (Tamil script)
- న (Telugu script)
- น (Thai script)
- ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-Aryan *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognate with Latin ne, English no.
Pronunciation
editPrefix
editन • (ná)
Particle
editन • (ná)
- (when used with an interrogative) no, not, none, no one, nothing, never, etc.
- सा वस्वी॑ न अ॑स्ति॥
- sā́ vásvī ná asti.
- She is not good.
- (with optative) lest, that not
- (with repetition) absolutely, very much, unequivocally
- like, as, just as, as it were, as if
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Dardic:
- Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (na)
- Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (na)
- Kalami: [script needed] (na)
- Khowar: [script needed] (na), [script needed] (no)
- Kashmiri:
- Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (na)
- Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
- Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
- Phalura: [script needed] (na)
- Shina: [script needed] (na)
- Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
- Southwest Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
- Tirahi: [script needed] (nā)
- Torwali: [script needed] (na)
- Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (na)
- Helu Prakrit:
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
- Pali: na
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
References
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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