नक्

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nákts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nákts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νῠ́ξ (núx), Latin nox, Lithuanian naktis, Old English niht (whence English night).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐ́k/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪ɐk/

Noun

नक् • (nák) ? (Vedic)

night
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.71.1:
  अप स्वसुरुषसो नग्जिहीते रिणक्ति कृष्णीररुषाय पन्थाम् ।
  apa svasuruṣaso nagjihīte riṇakti kṛṣṇīraruṣāya panthām .
  The Night retireth from the Dawn her Sister; the Dark one yieldeth to the Red her pathway.

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