نوں

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (navan).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔ̃ː/, /nəũ/

Numeral

نَوں (na͠u)

  1. nine

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps inherited from Old Punjabi کُوں (kūṉ), also attested as Old Punjabi نُوں (nūṉ). Cognate with Saraiki کُوں (kūṉ).

Pronunciation

Postposition

نُوں • (nūṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੂੰ)

  1. marks the dative case: to
    میرے بھرا نُوں کُجھ پاݨی دیوْ۔mere bhrā nūṉ kujh pāṇī deyo.Give my brother some water.
    تُہانُوں کِی ہویا؟tuhānūṉ kī hoeyā?What happened to you?
  2. marks the accusative case
    اوس نے میرے کُتّے نُوں ماریاHe hit my dog!
  3. movement towards or until a point: to, -wards
    گَھر نُوں جا رَہیا ہاںghar nūṉ jā raheyā hāṉI'm going home(wards)

Saraiki

Etymology 1

See Punjabi نُوں (nūṉ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nũː/

Postposition

نُوں (nūṉ)

  1. marks the dative case: to
    Synonym: کُوں (kūṉ)
    اُوں نُوں ݙَس۔
    ūṉ nūṉ ḏas.
    tell him.

Etymology 2

Saraiki numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 ۹
9
10  → [a], [b]
    Cardinal: نَوں (nauṉ)
    Ordinal: ناواں (nāvāṉ)

Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔ̃ː/, /nõː/

Numeral

نوں (noṉ)

  1. nine