نے

See also: نی, and ني

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neː/

Etymology 1

Compare Urdu نے (ne).

Postposition

نے • (ne) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੇ)

1. (Eastern) ergative case marker, marks the subject for verbs in their perfective aspect.

   راوی نے مینوں کتاب دتی۔

   rāvī ne mainūṉ kitāb dittī.

   Raavi gave me a book.

Usage notes

Often dropped in the Puadhi and Majhi dialects. Not used in Lahnda.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

نے • (ne) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੇ)

1. (Majhi) Alternative form of نیں (neṉ)

Etymology 3

Possibly related to Majhi dialect نیں (neṉ, “are”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• ہِنے (hine) — Western

Pronoun

نے • (ne) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੇ) (Majhi)

1. third-person plural pronominal suffix
2. third-person singular honorific pronominal suffix

See also

Majhi pronominal suffixes
Person		Present	Past
2nd person	informal / singular	ਈ • ای (ī)	ਸਾਈ • سائی (sāī)
	honorific / plural	ਜੇ • جے (je)	ਸਾਜੇ • ساجے (sāje)
3rd person	informal / singular	ਸੂ • سُو (sū)	ਸਾਸੂ • ساسُو (sāsū)
	honorific / plural	ਨੇ • نے (ne)	ਸਾਨੇ • سانے (sāne)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /neː/

Etymology 1

Postposition

نے • (ne) (Hindi spelling ने)

1. The marker of the ergative case with perfective-aspect transitive verbs

   لڑکے نے کتاب خریدی۔ ― laṛke ne kitāb xarīdī. ― The boy bought a book.

   لڑکوں نے کتابیں خریدی۔ ― laṛkõ ne kitābẽ xarīdī. ― The boys bought books.

Etymology 2

From Persian نی (nê)

Adverb

نے • (ne)

1. no

References

• “نَے”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.