As a Hindi name
ना · ind
एक शब्द जिसका प्रयोग अस्वीकृति या निषेध सूचित करने के लिये होता है । नहीं । न — Śabdasāgara
ना · noun · masculine
मनुष्य । (डिं॰) — Śabdasāgara
ना · nā
(f. -nī) [Prk. अणअं, or अणिअं; S. अनीयं], The termination of the infinitive, or gerund, of the Hindī or Hindūstānī verb (e.g. karnā, mārnā — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1109
ना · nā · adv.
Nay, no; not (cf. next) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1109
ना
not; don't; do not (subjunctive negation); why not; doesn't (rhetorical)
न
not, do not; prohibitive particle (cf. मत (mat)); isn't it?
Cited formation "ना" is न + -आ: न means "the twentieth consonant of Hindi", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "ना" is नना + -आ: नना means "माता", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit न — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit न (na).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. na the dental nasal (found at the beginning of words and before or after dental consonants as well as between vowels; subject to conversion into ṇa, Pāṇ. viii, 4, 1-39).
2. na ind. not, no, nor, neither, RV. (nā, x, 34, 8) &c. &c. (as well in simple negation as in wishing, requesting and commanding, except in prohibition before an Impv. or an augmentless aor. [cf. 1. mā]; in successive sentences or clauses either simply repeated, e.g. Mn. iv, 34; or strengthened by another particle, esp. at the second place or further on in the sentence, e.g. by u [cf. no], uta, api, cāpi, vā, vāpi or atha vā, RV. i, 170, 1; 151, 9; Nal. iii, 24, &c.; it may even be replaced by ca, vā, api ca, api vā, &c. alone, as, Mn. ii, 98; Nal. i, 14, &c.; often joined with other particles, beside those mentioned above esp. with a following tu, tv eva, tv eva tu, ced, q.v., khalu, q.v., ha [cf. g. cādi and Pāṇ. viii, 1, 31] &c.; before round or collective numbers and after any numeral in the instr. or abl. it expresses deficiency, e.g. ekayā na viṃśati, not 20 by 1 i.e. 19 ŚBr.; pañcabhir na catvāri śatāni, 395 ib.; with another na or an a priv. it generally forms a strong affirmation [cf. Vām. v, 1, 9] e.g. neyaṃ na vakṣyati, she will most certainly declare, Śak. iii, 9; nādaṇḍyo 'sti, he must certainly be punished, Mn. viii, 335; it may also, like a, form compounds, Vām. v, 2, 13 [cf. below])
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the navel
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M1 · same meaning "nā" is the nominative of "nṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "nā" is the feminine form of "na" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "nā" is the nominative of "nāman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
nā f. the navel
a musical instrument
knowledge.
nā See 2. na.
nā No, not (= na q. v.).
nṛ m. (acc. naram dat. nare gen. abl. naras, loc. nari; du. narā, narau; pl. nom. voc. naras acc. nṝn [may also stand for other cases; for the final, n before p cf. Pāṇ. viii, 3, 10] instr. nṛbhis, or nṛbhis; dat. abl. nṛbhyas or nṛbhyas loc. nṛṣu or nṛṣu [vi, 1, 184] gen. narām. nṛṇām or nṝṇām [vi, 4, 6]) a man, hero (used also of gods), person
mankind, people (mostly pl.), RV. &c. &c.
1. na the dental nasal (found at the beginning of words and before or after dental consonants as well as between vowels; subject to conversion into ṇa, Pāṇ. viii, 4, 1-39).
2. na ind. not, no, nor, neither, RV. (nā, x, 34, 8) &c. &c. (as well in simple negation as in wishing, requesting and commanding, except in prohibition before an Impv. or an augmentless aor. [cf. 1. mā]; in successive sentences or clauses either simply repeated, e.g. Mn. iv, 34; or strengthened by another particle, esp. at the second place or further on in the sentence, e.g. by u [cf. no], uta, api, cāpi, vā, vāpi or atha vā, RV. i, 170, 1; 151, 9; Nal. iii, 24, &c.; it may even be replaced by ca, vā, api ca, api vā, &c. alone, as, Mn. ii, 98; Nal. i, 14, &c.; often joined with other particles, beside those mentioned above esp. with a following tu, tv eva, tv eva tu, ced, q.v., khalu, q.v., ha [cf. g. cādi and Pāṇ. viii, 1, 31] &c.; before round or collective numbers and after any numeral in the instr. or abl. it expresses deficiency, e.g. ekayā na viṃśati, not 20 by 1 i.e. 19 ŚBr.; pañcabhir na catvāri śatāni, 395 ib.; with another na or an a priv. it generally forms a strong affirmation [cf. Vām. v, 1, 9] e.g. neyaṃ na vakṣyati, she will most certainly declare, Śak. iii, 9; nādaṇḍyo 'sti, he must certainly be punished, Mn. viii, 335; it may also, like a, form compounds, Vām. v, 2, 13 [cf. below])
nāman n. (prob. neither fr. √ jñā nor fr. √ mnā [cf. Uṇ. iv, 150]; ifc. f. either = m. or ˚mnī) a characteristic mark or sign, form, nature, kind, manner, RV.; VS.; AV.
name, appellation, RV. &c. &c.
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