نو

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nu"

Baluchi

Etymology

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

Numeral

نو • (no)

nine

Noun

نو • (no)

nine (digit)

Brahui

**Brahui numbers ^(edit)**
← 8	9	10 →
Cardinal: نو (no)

Etymology

Borrowed from Baluchi (no)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /noː/

Numeral

نو (no)

nine, 9

Libyan Arabic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɑwː/

Noun

نو (transliteration needed) m

heat (of the weather)

Adjective

نو (transliteration needed) m or f

hot (of the weather)

Mazanderani

Etymology 1

Compare Persian (now).

Adjective

نو (nu)

new

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us (“boat”).

Noun

نو (nô)

(obsolete) boat, small ship
trough

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Onomatopoeic from the sound of meowing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /naw/

Interjection

نَوْ • (naw)

meow (sound of a cat)

Derived terms

نوّى (nawwa, “to meow, mew”)

Pashto

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”). Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬟𐬋 (nāfō), Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nu/

Noun

نو • (nu) m

navel

Synonyms

د نامه غوټه

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /no/

Adverb

نو • (no)

then

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭭𐭥𐭪𐭩 (nōg), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎺 (n-v /⁠nava⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *náwah (compare Northern Kurdish nû, Pashto نوی (nëway), Ossetian ног (nog), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Sanskrit नव (náva), Hindi नया (nayā)) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néwos (compare Greek νέος (néos), Russian но́вый (nóvyj), Italian nuovo and English new).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈnaw/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näw]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näw]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näw]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [now]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näw]

Readings
Classical reading^?	naw
Dari reading^?	naw
Iranian reading^?	now
Tajik reading^?	nav

Adjective


Iranian Persian	نو
Dari	نو
Tajik	нав

نو • (now) (comparative نوتَر, superlative نوتَرین)

new, pristine, unused (of an item)
fresh

Antonyms

کهنه (kohne)

Related terms

نوروز (nowruz)
نوین (navin)
نواختر (now-axtar)

Descendants

Ottoman Turkish: نو (nev)

Sindhi

Etymology

From Sanskrit नवन् (navan).

Numeral

نو • (navan)

nine

Urdu

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nɔː/
Rhymes: -ɔː

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Hindi नौ (nau), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀯 (ṇava), from Sanskrit नवन् (návan).

Numeral

**Urdu numbers ^(edit)**
	90^{[a], [b]}
← 8	۹ 9	10 →
Cardinal: نَو (nau) Ordinal: نَوواں (nauvā̃), نُہُم (nuhum)

نَو • (nau) (Hindi spelling नौ)

nine

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian (naw). Doublet of نیا (nayā).

Adjective

نَو • (nau) (Hindi spelling नौ)

(formal) new
نو صدر مملکت ― nau sadr mumlikat ― new head of state

References

“نو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“نو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.