نه

See also: نہ, به, ته, بہٕ, په, پہ, and تۀ

Gilaki

Numeral

نه (no)

  1. nine

Khalaj

Adverb

نه ()

  1. Arabic spelling of (what a, how, why)

Conjunction

نه...نه... (nə ... nə ...)

  1. Arabic spelling of (neither; nor)

Mazanderani

Numeral

نه (ne)

  1. nine

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *nē- (what).

Pronoun

نه • (ne)

  1. what
Descendants
  • Turkish: ne

Adverb

نه • (ne)

  1. what
Descendants
  • Turkish: ne

Etymology 2

From Persian نه (na).

Conjunction

نه • (ne)

  1. neither; nor
Descendants
  • Turkish: ne

Pashto

Pashto cardinal numbers
 <  ٨ ٩ ١٠  > 
    Cardinal : نه

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nə/

Numeral

نه • ()

  1. nine

Persian

Alternative forms

  • نع (na') (nonstandard)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Persian نی (), from Middle Persian 𐭫𐭠 / 𐭭𐭩 (), from Proto-Iranian *, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (not).

Pronunciation

  • (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [næ]
  • (all other standards) IPA(key): [na]

Adverb

Dari نه, نی
Iranian Persian نه
Tajik на

نَه • (na)

  1. not
  2. (informal) no

Particle

نَه • (na)

  1. (informal) no

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Dari نه
Iranian Persian
Tajik нуҳ, нӯҳ

From Middle Persian [script needed] (nwk' /⁠nōg⁠/), from Old Persian 𐎴𐎺 (n-v /⁠nava⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate to English nine.

Pronunciation

Persian numbers (edit)
90
 ←  8 ۹
9
10  → 
    Cardinal: نُه (noh)
    Ordinal: نهم (nohom)
  • (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /nuh/
    • Most likely pronounced as [no̞h] (with a majhūl pēš /o/ as opposed to ma'rūf pēš /u/) based on descendant pronunciations. However, it is unclear because majhūl and ma'rūf short vowels are not clearly distinguished before a word final ه ().
  • (Dari) IPA(key): /nʊh/, [no̞h]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [no̞]

Numeral

نُه • (noh) (Persian numeral ۹)

  1. nine

Sindhi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit (na).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nə]

Adverb

نه • (na) (Devanagari )

  1. not

References

  • Khānu, Balocu (1960-1988) “نه”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Ḥaidarābād, Sindhu: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
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