नु

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”). Cognate with Albanian ni (“now”), Lithuanian nù (“now”), Avestan 𐬥𐬏‎ (nū, “now”), Latin num (“now”), Old English nū (English now).

Pronunciation

Adverb

नु • (nú)

  1. now
  2. at once
  3. now then
  4. so now

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 567/1
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