English

Interjection

nah

1. Eye dialect spelling of no.

Translations

Anagrams

• ahn, Han

German

Etymology

From Old High German nāh, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw.

Alternative forms

• nahe (in this form dated or very formal; also a preposition)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː/, [naː]
• Rhymes: -aː

Adjective

nah ‎(comparative näher, superlative am nächsten)

1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), nearby
   • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 573:

     Ellen stand am Fenster und hörte durch Herbstwind und Regen vom nahen Bahnhof herüber die Züge pfeifen.

     Ellen stood at the window and heard the trains whistling from the nearby station through autumn wind and rain.

Declension

Antonyms

• fern

Derived terms

• körpernah
• Nahkampf
• regierungsnah
• zeitnah

Adverb

nah

1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense)

Antonyms

• weit
• fern

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nah/

Conjunction

nah

1. Used in a narrative or an argument. It appears at the beginning of a sentence and suggests that the previous part of the narrative or argument is complete and clear and that you are now about to move on to to the next part or next step. The following are the closest equivalents in English.

   "Now" or "Okay, now..."

   Nah, itu yang tidak bisa kita ketahui

   Now, that's what we haven't been able to find out.

   Lalu saya dipecat dengan tidak hormat. Nah, ini yang minimbulkan perasaan bahwa itu keterlaluan.

   Then I was given a dishonourable dismissal. Now, this is what made me feel that they had over-stepped the mark.

Interjection

nah

1. I told you so! See?! (at long last the penny's dropped).

   Nah! Makanya jangan makan buah banyak-banyak (a mother scolding a child who has a stomachache)

   See?! That's why you shouldn't eat a lot of fruit.

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nah/
• Rhymes: -nah, -ah

Interjection

nah

1. Here! (when giving something).

   Nah! Ambil ini

   Here! Take this.

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *nēhw. Cognates include Old English nēh, nēah and Old Norse ná.

Adjective

nāh

1. close
2. near

Derived terms

• nāhī

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz.

Preposition

nāh ‎(takes dative)

1. towards

Descendants

• German: nach
• Yiddish: נאָך ‎(nokh)

Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *nēhw. Cognates include Old English nēah and Old Norse ná.

Adjective

nāh (comparative nāhiro, superlative nāhist)

1. near
2. close

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz.

Preposition

nāh ‎(takes dative)

1. to, towards

Turkish

Etymology

From either Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Serbo-Croatian на

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑh/

Interjection

1. (informal) lo!, there it is!
   1. Nah bu kadar bir boyu vardı.
   2. Lo, it had a size that big.
2. (vulgar) Makes the previous word negative
   1. Nah yaparsın!
   2. You'll do ****!
3. (vulgar) accompanies the fig sign (compare Russian кукиш)