नौ
Hindi
| 90[a], [b] | ||
| ← 8 | ९ 9 |
10 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: नौ (nau) Ordinal: नौवाँ (nauvā̃), नवाँ (navā̃) | ||
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nɔː/
Etymology 1
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.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Classical Persian نو (naw). Doublet of नया (nayā).
References
- Bahri, Hardev (1989), “नौ”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “नौ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884), “नौ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नौ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Nepali
| 90[a], [b] | ||
| ← 8 | ९ 9 |
10 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: नौ (nau) Ordinal: नवौँ (nawa͠u) Multiplier: नौगुना (naugunā) | ||
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬦᭁ (Balinese script)
- নৌ (Assamese script)
- নৌ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰻 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑁅 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌨𑍌 (Grantha script)
- નૌ (Gujarati script)
- ਨੌ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦤꦻꦴ (Javanese script)
- នៅ (Khmer script)
- ನೌ (Kannada script)
- ເນົາ (Lao script)
- നൗ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘡𑘼 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠣᠧᠸᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠨᠣᠣ (Manchu script)
- နော် (Burmese script)
- 𑧁𑧝 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑑁 (Newa script)
- ନୌ (Odia script)
- ꢥꣃ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆿 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖻 (Siddham script)
- නෞ (Sinhalese script)
- நௌ (Tamil script)
- నౌ (Telugu script)
- เนา (Thai script)
- ནཽ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒾 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology 1
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).
Noun
नौ • (naú) stem, f
- ship; boat
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.5:
- अ॒ना॒र॒म्भ॒णे तद् अ॑वीरयेथाम् अनास्था॒ने अ॑ग्रभ॒णे स॑मु॒द्रे ।
यद् अ॑श्विना ऊ॒हथु॑र् भु॒ज्युम् अस्तं॑ श॒तारि॑त्रां॒ नाव॑म् आतस्थि॒वांस॑म् ॥- anārambhaṇe tad avīrayethām anāsthāne agrabhaṇe samudre .
yad aśvinā ūhathur bhujyum astaṃ śatāritrāṃ nāvam ātasthivāṃsam . - 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.
- anārambhaṇe tad avīrayethām anāsthāne agrabhaṇe samudre .
- अ॒ना॒र॒म्भ॒णे तद् अ॑वीरयेथाम् अनास्था॒ने अ॑ग्रभ॒णे स॑मु॒द्रे ।
- name of a particular appearance of the moon or of a constellation (Var.)
- (figurative) voice; speech (Nir.)
Declension
| Declension of नौ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | नौः (nauḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | नावः (nāvaḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | नौः (nauḥ) | नावौ, नावा (nāvau, nāvā) | नावः (nāvaḥ) |
| Vocative | नौः (nauḥ) | नावौ, नावा (nāvau, nāvā) | नावः (nāvaḥ) |
| Accusative | नावम् (nāvam) | नावौ, नावा (nāvau, nāvā) | नावः (nāvaḥ) |
| Instrumental | नावा (nāvā) | नौभ्याम् (naubhyām) | नौभिः (naubhiḥ) |
| Dative | नावे (nāve) | नौभ्याम् (naubhyām) | नौभ्यः (naubhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | नावः (nāvaḥ) | नौभ्याम् (naubhyām) | नौभ्यः (naubhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | नावः (nāvaḥ) | नावोः (nāvoḥ) | नावाम् (nāvām) |
| Locative | नावि (nāvi) | नावोः (nāvoḥ) | नौषु (nauṣu) |
References
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “नौ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “नौ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 148
- Monier Williams (1899), “नौ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 571/2.
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