Kurdish

Adverb

نه • ‎(ne)

1. no, not

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic ne, from Proto-Turkic [Term?].

Adverb

نه • ‎(ne)

1. what

Pashto

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Compare Persian نه ‎(noh), Avestan [script needed] ‎(nava), Kurdish neh, Sanskrit नवन् ‎(návan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nə/

Numeral

نه • ‎(në)

1. nine

Persian

Alternative forms

• نع ‎(na') (non-standard)

Etymology 1

From Middle Persian 𐭫𐭠 / 𐭭𐭩 ‎(nē).

Pronunciation

• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [næ], [næʔ]
• (Dari) IPA^(key): [ne]

Adverb

نه • ‎(na)

1. not
2. (informal) no

Particle

نه • ‎(na)

1. (informal) no

Synonyms

• نخیر ‎(na-xeyr)
• خیر ‎(xeyr)
• (slang) نچ ‎(noč)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian [Term?] (compare Avestan [script needed] ‎(nava), Kurdish neh, Pashto نه ‎(nə)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian [Term?] (compare Sanskrit नवन् ‎(návan)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noh/
• (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [noʰ]
• (Dari) IPA^(key): /nʊʰ/
• IPA^(key): [noː]

Numeral

نه • ‎(noh), ۹

1. nine