नाही

Marathi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /na.ɦiː/

Etymology 1

From Old Marathi नाहि (nāhi), नाहिं (nāhiṃ), नाही (nāhī), नाहीं (nāhīṃ), from Sanskrit नास्ति (nāsti), from न (na, “not”) + अस्ति (asti, “is”). 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-person singular present
    2. third-person singular present
    3. first-person plural present
    4. second-person plural present

References
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule and Anne Feldhau (1999), “नाही”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
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