नवन्
Sanskrit
| 90 | ||
| [a], [b] ← 8 | ९ 9 |
10 → |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: नवन् (navan) Ordinal: नवम (navama) | ||
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnáwa, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognate with Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀 (nauua), Persian نه (noh), Pashto نه (nə), Kurdish neh, Latin novem, Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa), Old English niġon (whence English nine).
Usage notes
Forms with alternative accentuation occur only in the Classical period.
Declension
| Declension of नवन् | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | — | ||
| Gen. sg. | — | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | — | — | नव (nava) |
| Vocative | — | — | — |
| Accusative | — | — | नव (nava) |
| Instrumental | — | — | नवभिः (navabhiḥ) |
| Dative | — | — | नवभ्यः (navabhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | — | — | नवभ्यः (navabhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | — | — | नवानाम् (navānām) |
| Locative | — | — | नवसु (navasu) |
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नवन्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0531.
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