नौ

See also: ऩ, ना, ने, नि, नृ, नै, न, and -ना

Hindi

**Hindi numbers ^(edit)**
	90^{[a], [b]}
← 8	९ 9	10 →
Cardinal: नौ (nau) Ordinal: नौवाँ (nauvā̃), नवाँ (navā̃), नवम (navam)

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɔː/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Hindi नौ (nau), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀯 (ṇava), from Sanskrit नवन् (návan), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

नौ • (nau) (native script symbol ९, Urdu spelling نو) (cardinal)

nine

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Classical Persian (naw). Doublet of नया (nayā).

Adjective

नौ • (nau) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling نو)

(formal) new

References

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “नौ”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नौ”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
Platts, John T. (1884) “नौ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नौ”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Nepali

**Nepali numbers ^(edit)**
	90^{[a], [b]}
← 8	९ 9	10 → ^{[a], [b]}
Cardinal: नौ (nau) Ordinal: नवौँ (nawa͠u) Multiplier: नौगुना (naugunā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नवन् (návan).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [nʌu̯]
Phonetic Devanagari: नौ

Numeral

नौ • (nau)

nine

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *náHuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHuš, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognate with Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs), Latin nāvis (“ship”), Persian (nâv).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑːw/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /n̪ɑw/

Noun

नौ • (naú) stem, f

ship; boat
- c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.116.5:
  अ॒ना॒र॒म्भ॒णे तद् अ॑वीरयेथाम् अनास्था॒ने अ॑ग्रभ॒णे स॑मु॒द्रे ।
  यद् अ॑श्विना ऊ॒हथु॑र् भु॒ज्युम् अस्तं॑ श॒तारि॑त्रां॒ नाव॑म् आतस्थि॒वांस॑म् ॥
  anārambhaṇé tád avīrayethām anāsthāné agrabhaṇé samudré.
  yád aśvinā ūháthur bhujyúm ástaṃ śatā́ritrāṃ nā́vam ātasthivā́ṃsam.
  You performed heroic feat in the ocean that gave no grasping support or foothold,
  O Aśvins, when you carried Bhujyu home, mounted on a hundred-oared ship.
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
name of a particular appearance of the moon or of a constellation (Var.)
(figurative) voice; speech (Nir.)

Declension

Feminine au-stem declension of नौ
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	नौः (naúḥ)	नावौ (nā́vau) नावा¹ (nā́vā¹)	नावः (nā́vaḥ)
accusative	नावम् (nā́vam)	नावौ (nā́vau) नावा¹ (nā́vā¹)	नावः (nā́vaḥ)
instrumental	नावा (nāvā́)	नौभ्याम् (naubhyā́m)	नौभिः (naubhíḥ)
dative	नावे (nāvé)	नौभ्याम् (naubhyā́m)	नौभ्यः (naubhyáḥ)
ablative	नावः (nāváḥ)	नौभ्याम् (naubhyā́m)	नौभ्यः (naubhyáḥ)
genitive	नावः (nāváḥ)	नावोः (nāvóḥ)	नावाम् (nāvā́m)
locative	नावि (nāví)	नावोः (nāvóḥ)	नौषु (nauṣú)
vocative	नौः (naúḥ)	नावौ (nā́vau) नावा¹ (nā́vā¹)	नावः (nā́vaḥ)

¹Vedic

Derived terms

नौका (naukā)
नावा (nāvā)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

नौ • (nau)

(enclitic) accusative/dative/genitive dual of अहम् (aham)

References

Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “नौ”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “नौ”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 148
Monier Williams (1899) “नौ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 571/2.