नाही

Marathi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /na.ɦi/, [nʱaiː]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Marathi नाहि (nāhi), नाहिं (nāhiṃ), नाही (nāhī), नाहीं (nāhīṃ), from Sanskrit नहि (nahí). Compare Hindi नहीं (nahī̃).

Particle

नाही • (nāhī)

  1. no, not

Etymology 2

Inflection of नसणे (nasṇe, “to not be”).

Verb

नाही • (nāhī)

  1. inflection of नसणे (nasṇe):
    1. first/third-person singular present
    2. first/second-person plural present

References
  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
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