નું

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati नउं (naüṃ).

Postposition

નું • (nũ)

1. Expressing possesion, of, 's.
   1. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic.

      બિપિનનો હથોડો

      bipinno hathoḍo

      Bipin's hammer

   2. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.

      રાજકોટની રાણી

      rājkoṭnī rāṇī

      the queen of Rajkot

   3. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time.

      માઘનો ધરતીકંપ

      māghno dhartīkamp

      the earthquake of Māgha (the earthquake that happened in Māgha)

2. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
   1. Indicating quantity, age, price, etc.

      બે મણનો પલંગ

      be maṇno palaṅg

      a bed of two maunds
      a two-maund bed

      પંદર વર્ષનું છોકરું

      pandar varṣnũ chokrũ

      a child of fifteen
      a fifteen-year-old child

      દસ હજાર રૂપિયાનો હિંડોળો

      das hajār rūpiyāno hiṇḍoḷo

      a swing of ten thousand rupees
      a ten-thousand rupee swing

   2. Indicating a quality or characteristic; "characterized by".

      તે સારો સ્વભાવની મહિલા છે

      te sāro svabhāvnī mahilā che

      she is a woman of good nature
      she is a good-natured woman

3. Having partitive effect.
   1. Following a noun indicating a given part.

      ગામનાં છોકરાંઓ બધાં બહુ ખુશ છે

      gāmnā̃ chokrā̃o badhā̃ bahu khuś che

      the children of the village are all very happy

4. Expressing origin.
   1. Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.

      હું ગુજરાતનો છું

      hũ gujrātno chũ

      I am from Gujarat
      I am of Gujarat

5. Expressing a point in time.
   1. Used after a noun to indicate duration of a state, activity, etc.

      મારો ત્રણ વર્ષનો પતિ

      māro traṇ varṣno pati

      my husband of three years

6. Indicates a purpose or user.

   આ છોકરાંઓનું રમક્ડું છે

   ā chokrā̃onũ ramakḍũ che

   This is a child's toy

7. When in the locative, in the absence of a specified object, used to indicate “the house/place/establishment of”.

   હું સુથારીને ત્યાં જવાનો છું

   hũ suthārīne tyā̃ javāno chũ

   I'm going to go to the carpenter's place

   કૃષ્ણ રાધાને ત્યાં જાય છે

   kŕṣṇ rādhāne tyā̃ jāya che

   Krishna is going to Radha's house

8. Indicates the actor of a verb to be completed in the near future.

   હું જમવાની છું

   hũ jamvānī chũ

   I am going to eat (a female actor)

   મારો ભાઈ કરવાનો છે

   māro bhāī karvāno che

   My brother is going to do it

Declension

Declension of નું
	nominative			oblique/vocative/instrumental			locative
	singular	plural		singular	plural
masculine	નો (no)	ના (nā)		ના (nā)	ના (nā)		ને (ne)
neuter	નું (nũ)	નાં (nā̃)		ના (nā)	નાં (nā̃)		ને (ne)
feminine	ની (nī)	ની (nī)		ની (nī)	ની (nī)
Note: If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the masculine and neuter locatives do not apply.

Synonyms

• કેરું (kerũ), તણું (taṇũ) (poetic, all senses)