ན
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Translingual
Letter
ན
- Tibetan letter na
Balti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɑ/, [nɑ]
Letter
ན (na)
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɑ˥/, [nɑ˥]
Letter
ན (na)
Ladakhi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n̪ə/, [n̪ə]
Letter
ན (na)
Sherpa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na/, [na]
Letter
ན (na)
Sikkimese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɐ~n̥ɐ/, [nɐ~n̥ɐ]
Letter
ན (na)
Tibetan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*na/
- Lhasa: /na˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*na/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: naf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /na˥˥/
Letter
ན • (na)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*na/
- Lhasa: /na˩˨/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*na/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: nav
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /na˩˨/
Noun
ན • (na)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*na/
- Lhasa: /na˥˥/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*na/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: naf
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /na˥˥/
Conjunction
ན • (na)
Etymology 4
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na (“sick; ill; pain; evil spirit”).
Pronunciation
- Old Tibetan: /*na/
- Lhasa: /na˩˨/
- Batang: /na˨˧˩/
- Dêgê: /na˩˧/
- Old Tibetan:
- IPA(key): /*na/ (reconstructed)
- Ü-Tsang
- Tibetan pinyin: nav
- (Lhasa) IPA(key): /na˩˨/
- Khams
Verb
ན • (na) (nominal form ན་བ)
Conjugation
| present | ན (na) |
|---|---|
| future | ན (na) |
| past | ན (na) |
| imperative | ན (na) |