نوں

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

from Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (navan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ̃ː/, /nəũ/

Numeral

نَوں (na͠u)

1. nine

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• آں (āṉ) — Dhanni

Etymology

Perhaps inherited from Old Punjabi کُوں (kūṉ), also attested as Old Punjabi نُوں (nūṉ). Cognate with Saraiki کُوں (kūṉ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /nũː/
• Rhymes: -ũː

Postposition

نُوں • (nūṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੂੰ)

1. marks the dative case: to

   میرے بھرا نُوں کُجھ پاݨی دیوْ۔ ― mere bhrā nūṉ kujh pāṇī deyo. ― Give my brother some water.

   تُہانُوں کِی ہویا؟ ― tuhānūṉ kī hoeyā? ― What happened to you?

2. marks the accusative case

   اوس نے میرے کُتّے نُوں ماریا ― He hit my dog!

3. movement towards or until a point: to, -wards

   گَھر نُوں جا رَہیا ہاں ― ghar nūṉ jā raheyā hāṉ ― I'm going home(wards)

Saraiki

Etymology 1

See Punjabi نُوں (nūṉ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nũː/

Postposition

نُوں (nūṉ)

1. marks the dative case: to

   Synonym: کُوں (kūṉ)

   اُوں نُوں ݙَس۔

   ūṉ nūṉ ḏas.

   tell him.

Etymology 2

Saraiki numbers ^(edit)

	90
←  8	۹ 9	10  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: نَوں (nauṉ)     Ordinal: ناواں (nāvāṉ)

Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ̃ː/, /nõː/

Numeral

نوں (noṉ)

1. nine