न

 

• IPA^(key): /n̪a/, /nə/

न (na)

1. a letter of the Devanagari alphabet representing the sound /n/

Ligatures:

• श्न (śna): श + न

• IPA^(key): [n̪ə]

न • (na)

1. The third consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə/, [nɐ]

न • (na)

1. the twentieth consonant of Hindi

• (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)

Inherited from Sanskrit न (na).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɑː/, [näː], /nə/, [nɐ]

While the second pronunciation is the expected one for the particle, the first, with a long "ā", is more common.

न • (na) (Urdu spelling نہ)

1. not, do not; prohibitive particle (c.f. मत (mat))

   कृपया न पीजिये! ― kŕpyā na pījiye! ― Please, do not drink [it]!

2. isn't it?

   मेरा नाम बहुत लम्बा, है न?

   merā nām bahut lambā, hai na?

   My name is very long, isn't it?

न (na) is used in sudden situations, and normally shows alarm. A less urgent alternative is मत (mat).

• मत (mat)
• नहीं (nahī̃)

• IPA^(key): /nə/

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न • (na)

1. The nineteenth consonant of Marathi.

• IPA^(key): [nʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: न

न • (na)

1. The twentieth consonant in Nepali.

न

1. Devanagari script form of na

न

1. Devanagari script form of na (“that”)

न m

1. Devanagari script form of na (“him, it, that”)

न n

1. Devanagari script form of na (“it, that”)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognate with Chinese 我 (wǒ).

न (na)

1. I

• Encounter with the Raute: The Last Hunting Nomads of Nepal (1976)
• ASJP

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognate with Latin ne, English no.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ/

न • (ná)

1. no, not

न • (ná)

1. (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.

2. (with optative) lest, that not
3. (with repetition) absolutely, very much, unequivocally
4. like, as, just as, as it were, as if

• नकिस् (nakis)
• नकिम् (nakim)

• Dardic:
  • Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (na)
  • Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (na)
  • Kalami: [script needed] (na)
  • Khowar: [script needed] (na), [script needed] (no)
  • Kashmiri:

    Arabic script: نَہ (na), نا (nā), نہٕ (nụ)

    Devanagari script: न (na), ना (nā), नॖ (nụ)

  • 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:
  • Dhivehi: ނަ (na)
  • Sinhalese: න (na)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
  • Assamese: না (na)
  • Bengali: না (na)
  • Bihari: ना (nā)
    • Bhojpuri: ना (nā)
    • Maithili: ना (nā)
  • Odia: ନା (nā)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
  • Konkani: ना (nā)
  • Marathi: ना (nā)
• Pali: na
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
  • Garhwali: ना (nā)
  • Gujarati: ના (nā)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: न (na, “don't”), ना (nā, “don't”)

    Urdu: نہ (na, “don't”), نا (nā, “no”)

  • Kumaoni: न (na)
  • Marwari: ना (nā)
  • Nepali: न (na)
  • Punjabi: ਨਾ (nā)
  • Romani: na
  • Sindhi: न (na)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press