नहीं

From Sanskrit नहि (nahí, “surely not”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + gʰí. Cognate with Assamese নাই (nai), Old Assamese নাহি (nahi), Hindi नहीं (nahī̃).

नहीं (nahī̃)

1. not

• नाहीं (nāhī̃), नहिं (nahĩ), नाहिं (nāhĩ), नहीन (nahīn), नाहीन (nāhīn), नहिन (nahin), नाहिन (nāhin)

From Sanskrit नहि (nahí, “surely not”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + gʰí. Cognate with Assamese নাই (nai), Old Assamese নাহি (nahi), Braj नहीं (nahī̃).

• IPA^(key): /nə.ɦĩː/

नहीं • (nahī̃) (Urdu spelling نہیں‎)

1. no, not (negative response to a yes-no question)

   बिलकुल नहीं ― bilkul nahī̃ ― of course not

2. no, not (representing negation of statements)

   यहाँ गाजर नहीं हैं।

   yahā̃ gājar nahī̃ hain.

   There are no carrots here.

Often used with the polite particle जी (jī) to be more polite in answering those given respect as in जी नहीं (jī nahī̃).

नहीं (nahī̃) is not used in the subjunctive, imperative and simple past tenses/moods, where ना (nā) is used instead.

• ना (nā)

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “नहीं”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press