नक्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts
  • নক্ (Assamese script)
  • ᬦᬓ᭄ (Balinese script)
  • নক্ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰡𑰎𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀦𑀓𑁆 (Brahmi script)
  • နက် (Burmese script)
  • નક્ (Gujarati script)
  • ਨਕ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌨𑌕𑍍 (Grantha script)
  • ꦤꦏ꧀ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂢𑂍𑂹 (Kaithi script)
  • ನಕ್ (Kannada script)
  • នក៑ (Khmer script)
  • ນກ຺ (Lao script)
  • നക് (Malayalam script)
  • ᠨᠠᡬ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘡𑘎𑘿 (Modi script)
  • ᠨᠠᢉ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧁𑦮𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐣𑐎𑑂 (Newa script)
  • ନକ୍ (Odia script)
  • ꢥꢒ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆤𑆑𑇀 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖡𑖎𑖿 (Siddham script)
  • නක් (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩯𑩜 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚝𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
  • நக் (Tamil script)
  • నక్ (Telugu script)
  • นกฺ (Thai script)
  • ན་ཀ྄ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒢𑒏𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨝𑨋𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts
    Sanskrit नक् (nak)

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts. Cognate with Ancient Greek νῠ́ξ (nŭ́x), Latin nox, Lithuanian naktis, Old English niht (whence English night).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    नक् • (nák) stem, f

    1. (Vedic) night
      • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.71.1:
        अप॒ स्वसु॑र् उ॒षसो॒ नग् जि॑हीते रि॒णक्ति॑ कृ॒ष्णीर् अ॑रु॒षाय॒ पन्था॑म् ।
        ápa svásur uṣáso nág jihīte riṇákti kṛṣṇī́r aruṣā́ya pánthām.
        The Night retireth from the Dawn her Sister; the Dark one yieldeth to the Red her pathway.

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