# न्यून
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit न्यून (nyū́na).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /njuːn/, [njũːn]

### Adjective

न्यून • (nyūn) (indeclinable) (rare, formal)
* less (in lower degree; to smaller extent)
* little (not much)
* small

#### Synonyms

* अल्प (alp)
* कम (kam)

#### Hypernyms

* न्यूनतम (nyūntam)

#### Related terms

* नूनी (nūnī)

### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “न्यून”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ন্যূন (Assamese script)
* ᬦ᭄ᬬᬹᬦ (Balinese script)
* ন্যূন (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰿𑰧𑰳𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑁆𑀬𑀽𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* နျူန (Burmese script)
* ન્યૂન (Gujarati script)
* ਨ੍ਯੂਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑍍𑌯𑍂𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦾꦹꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂹𑂨𑂴𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ನ್ಯೂನ (Kannada script)
* ន្យូន (Khmer script)
* ນ຺ຍູນ (Lao script)
* ന്യൂന (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠶᡠᡠᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘿𑘧𑘴𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠶ᠋ᠤᠤᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧠𑧇𑧕𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑑂𑐫𑐹𑐣 (Newa script)
* ନ୍ଯୂନ (Odia script)
* ꢥ꣄ꢫꢹꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑇀𑆪𑆷𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖿𑖧𑖳𑖡 (Siddham script)
* න්‍යූන (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯 𑪙𑩻𑩒𑩛𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚶𑚣𑚱𑚝 (Takri script)
* ந்யூந (Tamil script)
* న్యూన (Telugu script)
* นฺยูน (Thai script)
* ནྱཱུ་ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑓂𑒨𑒴𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑩇𑨪𑨃𑨊𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From नि (ni) +‎ ऊन (ūna).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ní.juː.nɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈn̪juː.n̪ɐ/

### Adjective

न्यून • (nyū̀na) stem (metrical Vedic níyūna)
* less, diminished, defective, deficient
    Synonym: ऊन (ūna)
    Antonyms: अनून (anūna), अन्यून (anyūna)
** c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 6.3.3.26:समंबिला योनिर्वा इयं रेत इदं यद्वै रेतसो योनिमतिरिच्यतेऽमुया तद्भवत्यथ यन्न्यूनं व्यृद्धं तदेतद्वै रेतसः समृद्धं यत्समम्बिलं चतुःस्रक्तिरेष कूपो भवति चतस्रो वै दिशः सर्वाभ्य एवैनमेतद्दिग्भ्यः खनतिsamaṃbilā yonirvā iyaṃ reta idaṃ yadvai retaso yonimatiricyateʼmuyā tadbhavatyatha yannyūnaṃ vyṛddhaṃ tadetadvai retasaḥ samṛddhaṃ yatsamambilaṃ catuḥsraktireṣa kūpo bhavati catasro vai diśaḥ sarvābhya evainametaddigbhyaḥ khanatiIt (the lump of clay) should be as large as the hole: thus this earth (or clay) becomes his (Agni's) self. And as to its (being) as large as the hole, -- this earth is the womb, and this clay is seed; and whatever part of the seed exceeds the womb, becomes useless; and what is deficient, is unsuccessful; but that part of the seed which is within the hole is successful. Four-cornered is this hole, for there are four quarters: from all the four quarters he thus digs him out.
* having a defect in the feet

#### Declension
### Noun

न्यून • (nyū̀na) stem, n
* vulva

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀡𑀽𑀡 (ṇūṇa)
** ⇒ Prakrit: *𑀡𑀽𑀡𑀺𑀓𑀸 (*ṇūṇikā) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-))
*** Assamese: নুনু (nunu)
*** Bengali: নুনু (nunu), নুনি (nuni)
*** Hindustani: nūnī
    Hindi: नूनी
    Urdu: نُونی
*** Marathi: नुन्नी (nunnī), नुनी (nunī)
*** Odia: ନୁନି (nuni), ନୁନ୍ନି (nunni)
*** Kumaoni: नूनि (“paralysed in limbs”)
* → Tamil: நியூனம் (niyūṉam), நூனம் (nūṉam)
* → Assamese: ন্যূন (nyun) (learned)
* → Bengali: ন্যূন (nun) (learned)
* → Gujarati: ન્યૂન (nyūn) (learned)
* → Hindustani: (learned)
    Hindi: न्यून (nyūn)
* → Kannada: ನ್ಯೂನ (nyūna) (learned)
* → Malayalam: ന്യൂനം (nyūnaṁ) (learned)
* → Marathi: न्यून (nyūn) (learned)
* → Odia: ନ୍ୟୂନ (nyuna) (learned)
* → Telugu: న్యూనము (nyūnamu) (learned)

### Further reading

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nyūˋna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press