नय
Kurukh
Etymology
From Indo-Aryan.
Numeral
नय (nay)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Adjective
नय
- Devanagari script form of naya (“leading”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 7; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- अस्सरं खो व्यञ्जनं अधोठितं परक्खरं नये युत्ते।
- Assaraṃ kho vyañjanaṃ adhoṭhitaṃ parakkharaṃ naye yutte.
- Assuredly the dead consonant preceding and in the lead of the other consonant in junction.
Declension
Declension table of "नय" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | नयो (nayo) | नया (nayā) |
| Accusative (second) | नयं (nayaṃ) | नये (naye) |
| Instrumental (third) | नयेन (nayena) | नयेहि (nayehi) or नयेभि (nayebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | नयस्स (nayassa) or नयाय (nayāya) or नयत्थं (nayatthaṃ) | नयानं (nayānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | नयस्मा (nayasmā) or नयम्हा (nayamhā) or नया (nayā) | नयेहि (nayehi) or नयेभि (nayebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | नयस्स (nayassa) | नयानं (nayānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | नयस्मिं (nayasmiṃ) or नयम्हि (nayamhi) or नये (naye) | नयेसु (nayesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | नय (naya) | नया (nayā) |
Declension table of "नय" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | नयं (nayaṃ) | नयानि (nayāni) |
| Accusative (second) | नयं (nayaṃ) | नयानि (nayāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | नयेन (nayena) | नयेहि (nayehi) or नयेभि (nayebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | नयस्स (nayassa) or नयाय (nayāya) or नयत्थं (nayatthaṃ) | नयानं (nayānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | नयस्मा (nayasmā) or नयम्हा (nayamhā) or नया (nayā) | नयेहि (nayehi) or नयेभि (nayebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | नयस्स (nayassa) | नयानं (nayānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | नयस्मिं (nayasmiṃ) or नयम्हि (nayamhi) or नये (naye) | नयेसु (nayesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | नय (naya) | नयानि (nayāni) |
Noun
नय m
- Devanagari script form of naya (“method”)
Declension
Declension table of "नय" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | नयो (nayo) | नया (nayā) |
| Accusative (second) | नयं (nayaṃ) | नये (naye) |
| Instrumental (third) | नयेन (nayena) | नयेहि (nayehi) or नयेभि (nayebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | नयस्स (nayassa) or नयाय (nayāya) or नयत्थं (nayatthaṃ) | नयानं (nayānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | नयस्मा (nayasmā) or नयम्हा (nayamhā) or नया (nayā) | नयेहि (nayehi) or नयेभि (nayebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | नयस्स (nayassa) | नयानं (nayānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | नयस्मिं (nayasmiṃ) or नयम्हि (nayamhi) or नये (naye) | नयेसु (nayesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | नय (naya) | नया (nayā) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নয় (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬬ (Balinese script)
- নয় (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- နယ (Burmese script)
- નય (Gujarati script)
- ਨਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦪ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ನಯ (Kannada script)
- នយ (Khmer script)
- ນຍ (Lao script)
- നയ (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠠᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐫 (Newa script)
- ନଯ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖧 (Siddham script)
- නය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚣 (Takri script)
- நய (Tamil script)
- నయ (Telugu script)
- นย (Thai script)
- ན་ཡ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From the root नी (nī).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nɐ.jɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪ɐ.jɐ/
Noun
नय • (naya) stem, m
- leading (of an army)
- conduct, behavior, (esp.) prudent conduct or behavior, good management, polity, civil and military government
- wisdom, prudence, reason
- plan, design
- leading thought, maxim, principle, system, method, doctrine
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नयः (nayaḥ) | नयौ (nayau) नया¹ (nayā¹) |
नयाः (nayāḥ) नयासः¹ (nayāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | नयम् (nayam) | नयौ (nayau) नया¹ (nayā¹) |
नयान् (nayān) |
| instrumental | नयेन (nayena) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयैः (nayaiḥ) नयेभिः¹ (nayebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | नयाय (nayāya) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयेभ्यः (nayebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नयात् (nayāt) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयेभ्यः (nayebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नयस्य (nayasya) | नययोः (nayayoḥ) | नयानाम् (nayānām) |
| locative | नये (naye) | नययोः (nayayoḥ) | नयेषु (nayeṣu) |
| vocative | नय (naya) | नयौ (nayau) नया¹ (nayā¹) |
नयाः (nayāḥ) नयासः¹ (nayāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Adjective
नय • (naya) stem
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नयः (nayaḥ) | नयौ (nayau) | नयाः (nayāḥ) |
| accusative | नयम् (nayam) | नयौ (nayau) | नयान् (nayān) |
| instrumental | नयेन (nayena) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयैः (nayaiḥ) |
| dative | नयाय (nayāya) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयेभ्यः (nayebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नयात् (nayāt) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयेभ्यः (nayebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नयस्य (nayasya) | नययोः (nayayoḥ) | नयानाम् (nayānām) |
| locative | नये (naye) | नययोः (nayayoḥ) | नयेषु (nayeṣu) |
| vocative | नय (naya) | नयौ (nayau) | नयाः (nayāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नया (nayā) | नये (naye) | नयाः (nayāḥ) |
| accusative | नयाम् (nayām) | नये (naye) | नयाः (nayāḥ) |
| instrumental | नयया (nayayā) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयाभिः (nayābhiḥ) |
| dative | नयायै (nayāyai) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयाभ्यः (nayābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नयायाः (nayāyāḥ) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयाभ्यः (nayābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नयायाः (nayāyāḥ) | नययोः (nayayoḥ) | नयानाम् (nayānām) |
| locative | नयायाम् (nayāyām) | नययोः (nayayoḥ) | नयासु (nayāsu) |
| vocative | नये (naye) | नये (naye) | नयाः (nayāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | नयम् (nayam) | नये (naye) | नयानि (nayāni) |
| accusative | नयम् (nayam) | नये (naye) | नयानि (nayāni) |
| instrumental | नयेन (nayena) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयैः (nayaiḥ) |
| dative | नयाय (nayāya) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयेभ्यः (nayebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | नयात् (nayāt) | नयाभ्याम् (nayābhyām) | नयेभ्यः (nayebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | नयस्य (nayasya) | नययोः (nayayoḥ) | नयानाम् (nayānām) |
| locative | नये (naye) | नययोः (nayayoḥ) | नयेषु (nayeṣu) |
| vocative | नय (naya) | नये (naye) | नयानि (nayāni) |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “नय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 528/2.