नवन्

See also: नवीन and नवनी

Sanskrit

**Sanskrit numbers ^(edit)**
	90
^{[a], [b]} ← 8	९ 9	10 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: नव (nava), नवन् (navan) Ordinal: नवम (navama) Multiplier: नवधा (navadhā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

নৱন্ (Assamese script)
ᬦᬯᬦ᭄ (Balinese script)
নবন্ (Bengali script)
𑰡𑰪𑰡𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀦𑀯𑀦𑁆 (Brahmi script)
နဝန် (Burmese script)
નવન્ (Gujarati script)
ਨਵਨ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌨𑌵𑌨𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦤꦮꦤ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂢𑂫𑂢𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ನವೝ (Kannada script)
នវន៑ (Khmer script)
ນວນ຺ (Lao script)
നവന് (Malayalam script)
ᠨᠠᠸᠠᠨ (Manchu script)
𑘡𑘪𑘡𑘿 (Modi script)
ᠨᠠᠸᠠᠨ (Mongolian script)
𑧁𑧊𑧁𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐣𑐰𑐣𑑂 (Newa script)
ନଵନ୍ (Odia script)
ꢥꢮꢥ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆤𑆮𑆤𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖡𑖪𑖡𑖿 (Siddham script)
නවන් (Sinhalese script)
𑩯𑩾𑩯 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚝𑚦𑚝𑚶 (Takri script)
நவந் (Tamil script)
నవౝ (Telugu script)
นวนฺ (Thai script)
ན་ཝ་ན྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒢𑒫𑒢𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨝𑨭𑨝𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua), Persian (noh), Pashto نه (nə), Northern Kurdish neh, Latin novem, Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa), Old English niġon (whence English nine).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɐ́.ʋɐn/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ.ʋɐn̪/

Numeral

नवन् • (návan)

nine

Declension

Irregular declension of नवन् (návan)

	Plural
Nominative	नव (náva)
Vocative	नव (náva)
Accusative	नव (náva)
Instrumental	नवभिः (navábhiḥ)
Dative	नवभ्यः (navábhyaḥ)
Ablative	नवभ्यः (navábhyaḥ)
Genitive	नवानाम् (navānā́m)
Locative	नवसु (navásu)

Derived terms

नवग्रह (navagraha)
नवरत्न (navaratna)

Descendants

Helu Prakrit: 𑀦𑀯 (nava)
- Dhivehi: ނުވަ (nuva)
- Sinhalese: නවය (nawaya), නමය (namaya)
Khasa Prakrit:
- Nepali: नौ (nau)
Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀦𑀯 (nava), Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀦𑀅 (naa)
- Assamese: ন (no)
- Bengali: নয় (noẏ), ন (no)
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: নয় (nôi)
- Hajong: নয় (nôy)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀦𑀯 (nava), 𑀡𑀯 (ṇava)?
- Konkani: णव (ṇav)
- Marathi: नऊ (naū)
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਨੌਂ (naũ)
Pali: nava
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀦𑀯 (nava)
- Fiji Hindi: nau
- Gujarati: નવ (nav)
- Saurashtra: ꢥꣁꢮ꣄ (nov)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: नौ (nau)
  
  Urdu: نو (nau)
→ Malay: nawa / ناوا

References

Monier Williams (1899) “नवन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 531, column 3.
Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “náva”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 24-25
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náva²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 401