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नौ

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Hindi

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Hindi numbers (edit)
90[a], [b]
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    Cardinal: नौ (nau)
    Ordinal: नौवाँ (nauvā̃), नवाँ (navā̃), नवम (navam)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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.

Numeral

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नौ (nau) (native script symbol , Urdu spelling نو) (cardinal)

  1. nine

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian نو (naw). Doublet of नया (nayā).

Adjective

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नौ (nau) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نو)

  1. (formal) new

References

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Nepali

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90[a], [b]
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    Cardinal: नौ (nau)
    Ordinal: नवौँ (nawa͠u)
    Multiplier: नौगुना (naugunā)

Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [nʌu̯]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: नौ

Numeral

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नौ (nau)

  1. nine

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology 1

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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).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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नौ (naú) stemf

  1. 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 ॥
      anārambhaṇé tád avīrayethām anāsthāné agrabhaṇé samudré.
      yád aśvinā ūháthur bhujyúm ástaṃ śatā́ritrāṃ nā́vam ātasthivā́ṃsam.
      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.
    • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
  2. name of a particular appearance of the moon or of a constellation (Var.)
  3. (figurative) voice; speech (Nir.)
Declension
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Feminine au-stem declension of नौ (naú)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative नौः
naúḥ
नावौ / नावा¹
nā́vau / nā́vā¹
नावः
nā́vaḥ
Vocative नौः
naúḥ
नावौ / नावा¹
nā́vau / nā́vā¹
नावः
nā́vaḥ
Accusative नावम्
nā́vam
नावौ / नावा¹
nā́vau / nā́vā¹
नावः
nā́vaḥ
Instrumental नावा
nāvā́
नौभ्याम्
naubhyā́m
नौभिः
naubhíḥ
Dative नावे
nāvé
नौभ्याम्
naubhyā́m
नौभ्यः
naubhyáḥ
Ablative नावः
nāváḥ
नौभ्याम्
naubhyā́m
नौभ्यः
naubhyáḥ
Genitive नावः
nāváḥ
नावोः
nāvóḥ
नावाम्
nāvā́m
Locative नावि
nāví
नावोः
nāvóḥ
नौषु
nauṣú
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Derived terms

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Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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नौ (nau)

  1. (enclitic) accusative/dative/genitive dual of अहम् (aham)

References

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