नु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

नू (nū)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Cognate with Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏‎ (nū, “now”), Latin num (“now”), Old English nū (whence English now).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /n̪ú/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /n̪u/

Adverb

नु • (nú)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “नु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 567/1.

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