न
न - Translingual
Pronunciation
- IPA: /n̪a/, /nə/
Letter
न (na)
- A letter of the Devanagari alphabet representing the sound /n/.
न - Dhivehi
Pronunciation
- IPA: [n̪ə]
Letter
न • (na)
- The third consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
न - Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA: /nə/, [n̪ə]
Letter
न • (na)
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA: /nɑː/, [n̪äː], /nə/, [n̪ə]
While the second pronunciation is the expected one for the particle, the first, with a long "ā", is more common.
Particle
न • (na) (Urdu spelling نہ)
Usage notes
न (na) is used in sudden situations, and normally shows alarm. A less urgent alternative is मत (mat).
Synonyms
न - Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA: /nə/
Letter
न • (na)
न - Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA: [nʌ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: न
Letter
न • (na)
न - Pali
Alternative forms
Particle
न
- Devanagari script form of na
Adjective
न
- Devanagari script form of na (“that”)
Declension
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | नं (naṃ) | ने (ne) |
| Dative (fourth) | नस्स (nassa) | नेसं (nesaṃ) |
| Genitive (sixth) | नस्स (nassa) | नेसं (nesaṃ) |
| Case \ Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | नं (naṃ) |
| Case \ Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | नं (naṃ) |
| Dative (fourth) | नस्स (nassa) |
| Genitive (sixth) | नस्स (nassa) |
Pronoun
न m
- Devanagari script form of na (“him, it, that”)
Declension
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | नं (naṃ) | ने (ne) |
| Dative (fourth) | नस्स (nassa) | नेसं (nesaṃ) |
| Genitive (sixth) | नस्स (nassa) | नेसं (nesaṃ) |
Pronoun
न n
- Devanagari script form of na (“it, that”)
Declension
| Case \ Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| Accusative (second) | नं (naṃ) |
| Dative (fourth) | नस्स (nassa) |
| Genitive (sixth) | नस्स (nassa) |
न - Raute
Pronoun
न (na)
न - Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- ᬦ (Balinese script)
- ন (Assamese script)
- ন (Bengali script)
- 𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌨 (Grantha script)
- ન (Gujarati script)
- ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦤ (Javanese script)
- ន (Khmer script)
- ನ (Kannada script)
- ນ (Lao script)
- ന (Malayalam script)
- 𑘡 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
- န (Burmese script)
- 𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣 (Newa script)
- ନ (Oriya script)
- ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡 (Siddham script)
- න (Sinhalese script)
- న (Telugu script)
- น (Thai script)
- ན (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA: /nɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA: /n̪ɐ/
Prefix
न • (ná)
Particle
न • (ná)
- (when used with an interrogative) no, not, none, no one, nothing, never, etc.
- सा वस्वी न अस्ति॥
- sā́ vásvī ná ásti.
- She is not good.
- (with optative) lest, that not
- (with repetition) absolutely, very much, unequivocally
- like, as, just as, as it were, as if
Descendants
- 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: [Term?] (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)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
- Pali: na
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)