# न

| न | U+0928, &#2344; DEVANAGARI LETTER NA |
| ← ध [U+0927] | Devanagari | ऩ → [U+0929] |

## Translingual
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /n̪a/, /nə/

### Letter

न (na)
* a letter of the Devanagari alphabet representing the sound /n/

#### See also

Ligatures:
* श्न (śna): श + न

## Dhivehi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [n̪ə]

### Letter

न • (na)
* The third consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

## Hindi
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nə/, [nɐ]

#### Letter

न • (na)
* the twentieth consonant of Hindi

#### See also

* Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़
* (with nuqta): ऩ (ṉ)

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit न (na).

#### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nɑː/, [näː], /nə/, [nɐ]
While the second pronunciation is the expected one for the particle, the first, with a long "ā", is more common.

#### Particle

न • (na) (Urdu spelling نہ)
* not, do not; prohibitive particle (cf. मत (mat))
    कृपया न पीजिये! ― kŕpyā na pījiye! ― Please, do not drink [it]!
* isn't it?
    मेरा नाम बहुत लम्बा, है न?merā nām bahut lambā, hai na?My name is very long, isn't it?

##### Usage notes

न (na) is used in sudden situations, and normally shows alarm. A less urgent alternative is मत (mat).
Some people distinguish न (na) and ना (nā) with न (na) being the particle of negation and ना (nā) being used to ask confirmation or agreement at the end of a sentence.

##### Synonyms

* मत (mat)
* नहीं (nahī̃)
* ना (nā)

## Marathi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nə/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

न • (na)
* The nineteenth consonant of Marathi.

## Nepali
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: न

### Letter

न • (na)
* The twentieth consonant in Nepali.

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* na (Latin script)
* 𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* ন (Bengali script)
* න (Sinhalese script)
* န or ၼ (Burmese script)
* น or นะ (Thai script)
* ᨶ (Tai Tham script)
* ນ or ນະ (Lao script)
* ន (Khmer script)
* 𑄚 (Chakma script)

### Particle

न
* Devanagari script form of na

### Adjective

न
* Devanagari script form of na (“that”)

#### Declension
### Pronoun

न m
* Devanagari script form of na (“him, it, that”)

#### Declension
### Pronoun

न n
* Devanagari script form of na (“it, that”)

#### Declension
## Raute
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognate with Chinese 我 (wǒ).

### Pronoun

न (na)
* I

### Further reading

* Encounter with the Raute: The Last Hunting Nomads of Nepal (1976)
* ASJP

## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ন (Assamese script)
* ᬦ (Balinese script)
* ন (Bengali script)
* 𑰡 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦 (Brahmi script)
* န (Burmese script)
* ન (Gujarati script)
* ਨ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨 (Grantha script)
* ꦤ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢 (Kaithi script)
* ನ (Kannada script)
* ន (Khmer script)
* ນ (Lao script)
* ന (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣 (Newa script)
* ନ (Odia script)
* ꢥ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡 (Siddham script)
* න (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝 (Takri script)
* ந (Tamil script)
* న (Telugu script)
* น (Thai script)
* ན (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ná, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ná, from Proto-Indo-European *né. Cognate with Latin ne, English no.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /n̪ɐ/

### Prefix

न • (ná)
* no, not

### Particle

न • (ná)
* (when used with an interrogative) no, not, none, no one, nothing, never, etc.
    सा वस्वी॑ न अ॑स्ति॥sā́ vásvī ná asti.She is not good.
* (with optative) lest, that not
* (with repetition) absolutely, very much, unequivocally
* like, as, just as, as it were, as if

#### Derived terms

* नकिस् (nakis)
* नकिम् (nakim)

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Gawar-Bati: [script needed] (na)
** Indus Kohistani: [script needed] (na)
** Kalami: [script needed] (na)
** Khowar: [script needed] (na), [script needed] (no)
** Kashmiri:
    Arabic script: نَہ (na), نا (nā), نہٕ (nụ)
    Devanagari script: न (na), ना (nā), नॖ (nụ)
** Kohistani Shina: [script needed] (na)
** Northeast Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
** Northwest Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
** Phalura: [script needed] (na)
** Shina: [script needed] (na)
** Southeast Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
** Southwest Pashayi: [script needed] (na)
** Tirahi: [script needed] (nā)
** Torwali: [script needed] (na)
** Wotapuri-Katarqalai: [script needed] (na)
* Helu Prakrit:
** Dhivehi: ނަ (na)
** Sinhalese: න (na)
* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
** Assamese: না (na)
** Bengali: না (na)
** Bihari: ना (nā)
*** Bhojpuri: ना (nā)
*** Maithili: ना (nā)
** Odia: ନା (nā)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
** Konkani: ना (nā)
** Marathi: ना (nā)
* Pali: na
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀡 (ṇa), 𑀡𑀸 (ṇā)
** Garhwali: ना (nā)
** Gujarati: ના (nā)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: न (na, “don't”), ना (nā, “don't”)
    Urdu: نہ (na, “don't”), نا (nā, “no”)
** Kumaoni: न (na)
** Marwari: ना (nā)
** Nepali: न (na)
** Punjabi: ਨਾ (nā)
** Romani: na
** Sindhi: न (na)

### References

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