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नौ

नौ

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

Hindi

Numeral

Hindi cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : नौ (nau)
    Ordinal : नौवां (nauvā̃)

नौ (nau), Urdu spelling: نو

  1. (cardinal) nine

Nepali

Numeral

नौ (nau)

  1. (cardinal) nine

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Cognates include Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs), Latin nāvis (ship) and Persian ناو (nâv).

Noun

नौ (nau) f

  1. ship, boat (RV., AV., etc.)
  2. name of a particular appearance of the moon or of a constellation (Var.)
  3. voice

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0571