नक्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• নক্ (Assamese script)
• ᬦᬓ᭄ (Balinese script)
• নক্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰎𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑀓𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• နက် (Burmese script)
• નક્ (Gujarati script)
• ਨਕ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑌕𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦏ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂍𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ನಕ್ (Kannada script)
• នក៑ (Khmer script)
• ນກ຺ (Lao script)
• നക് (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠠᡬ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘎𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠠᢉ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑦮𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑐎𑑂 (Newa script)
• ନକ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢥꢒ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆑𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖎𑖿 (Siddham script)
• නක් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩜 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
• நக் (Tamil script)
• నక్ (Telugu script)
• นกฺ (Thai script)
• ན་ཀ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒏𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨋𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νῠ́ξ (núx), Latin nox, Lithuanian naktis, Old English niht (whence English night).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́k/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐk/

Noun

नक् • (nák) stem, f

1. (Vedic) night
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.71.1:

     अप॒ स्वसु॑र् उ॒षसो॒ नग् जि॑हीते रि॒णक्ति॑ कृ॒ष्णीर् अ॑रु॒षाय॒ पन्था॑म् ।

     ápa svásur uṣáso nág jihīte riṇákti kṛṣṇī́r aruṣā́ya pánthām.

     The Night retireth from the Dawn her Sister; the Dark one yieldeth to the Red her pathway.

Declension

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Related terms

• नक्त (nakta)
• नक्ति (nakti)