نه

See also: نہ, به, ته, بہٕ, په, پہ, and تۀ

Gilaki

Numeral

نه (no)

  1. nine

Khalaj

Etymology 1

Adverb

نه ()

  1. Arabic spelling of (what a, how, why)

Etymology 2

Conjunction

نه...نه... (nə ... nə ...)

  1. Arabic spelling of (neither; nor)

Mazanderani

Numeral

نه (ne)

  1. nine

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *nē-

Pronoun

نَه • ()

  1. (interrogative) what
  2. (fused relative) that which, the thing that.
    دَدَه قُرْقُوتْ صُويْلَامِشْ، كُرَلُمْ خَانُمْ نَه صُويْلَامِشْ: [...]
    dede ḳorḳut soylamış, görälüm ḫānum soylamış: [...]
    Dede Korkut said, let us see, my lord, what he said: [...]
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani:
  • Gagauz: ne
  • Ottoman Turkish: نه (ne)
    • Turkish: ne

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian نه.

Conjunction

نَه ... نَه ... • (nä ... nä ...)

  1. neither ... nor ...
    نَه آنْ نَه بَنْ
    an bän
    neither me nor him
Descendants
  • Azerbaijani:
  • Gagauz: ne
  • Ottoman Turkish: نه (ne)
    • Turkish: ne

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Anatolian Turkish نَه (), fromProto-Turkic *nē- (what).

Pronoun

نه • (ne)

  1. what
Descendants
  • Turkish: ne

Adverb

نه • (ne)

  1. what
Descendants
  • Turkish: ne

Etymology 2

From Persian نه (na).

Conjunction

نه • (ne)

  1. neither; nor
Descendants
  • Turkish: ne

Pashto

Pashto cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : نه

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nə/

Numeral

نه • ()

  1. nine

Persian

Alternative forms

  • نع (na') (nonstandard)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Persian نی (), see there for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [næ]
  • (all other standards) IPA(key): [na]

Adverb

Dari نه, نی
Iranian Persian نه
Tajik не, на

نَه • (na)

  1. not
  2. (informal) no

Particle

نَه • (na)

  1. (informal in Dari and Tajik, normal in Iran) no

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Persian numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 ۹
9
10  → 
    Cardinal: نُه (noh)
    Ordinal: نهم (nohom)
Dari نه
Iranian Persian
Tajik нуҳ, нӯҳ

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nwk' /⁠nōg⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎺 (n-v /⁠nava⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate to English nine.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? nuh
Dari reading? noh
Iranian reading? noh
Tajik reading? nuh, nüh

Numeral

نه • (nuh / noh) (Persian numeral ۹, Tajik spelling нуҳ)

  1. nine

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit (na).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nə]

Adverb

نه • (na) (Devanagari )

  1. not

References

  • Khānu, Balocu (19601988) “نه”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ