نے

• IPA^(key): /neː/

Compare Urdu نے (ne).

نے • (ne) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੇ)

1. (Eastern) ergative case marker, marks the subject for verbs in their perfective aspect.

   راوی نے مینوں کتاب دتی۔

   rāvī ne mainūṉ kitāb dittī.

   Raavi gave me a book.

Often dropped in Punjabi, especially in the Puadhi and Majhi dialects. Not used in Lahnda.

Probably related to Jatki ہِن / Saraiki ہِن (hin, “are”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• نیں (neṉ)

نے • (ne) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੇ) (Majhi)

1. third-person plural present pronominal suffix
2. third-person singular honorific present pronominal suffix

نے • (ne) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੇ)

1. (Majhi) alternative form of ہَن (han)

ne has almost completely overtaken the original third-person present indicative copula han, and has become a staple and key defining feature of Majhi.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /neː/

نے • (ne) (Hindi spelling ने)

1. The marker of the ergative case with perfective-aspect transitive verbs

   لڑکے نے کتاب خریدی۔ ― laṛke ne kitāb xarīdī. ― The boy bought a book.

   لڑکوں نے کتابیں خریدی۔ ― laṛkõ ne kitābẽ xarīdī. ― The boys bought books.

From Persian نی (nê)

نے • (ne)

1. no

• “نَے”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.