نہیں
See also: نهين
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- نئیں (naī̃)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit नहि (nahi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəiː˦/, /nə˦.ɦiː/
Adverb
نہیں • (nahī̃) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਹੀਂ)
- no
- not
- میں نہیں جاواں گا
- maẽ nahī̃ jāvāṅgā!
- I will not go!
Noun
نہیں • (nahī̃) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਹੀਂ)
- a no, nay
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit नहि (nahí, “surely not”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from earlier *ná gʲʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + gʰí. Cognate with Bengali নাই (nai)/নেই (nei), Early Assamese নাহি (nahi), Assamese নাই (nai), Braj नहीं (nahī̃).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /nə.ɦĩː/
Adverb
نہیں • (nahī̃) (Hindi spelling नहीं)
- no, not, nay (indicative negation)
- بالکلنہیں! ― bilkul nahī̃! ― absolutely not!
- یہاں گاجر نہیں ہیں۔ ― yahā̃ gājar nahī̃ ha͠i. ― there are no carrots here.
Usage notes
Often preceded by the honorific particle جی (jī) to be more polite in answering those given respect.
Compare the subjunctive negation نہ (nā).
Derived terms
- جی نہیں (jī nahī̃)
- نہیں تو (nahī̃ to, “if not...then, else, otherwise”)
Particle
نہیں • (nahī̃) (Hindi spelling नहीं)
- (informal) don't
- تم نہیں جاؤ۔ ― tum nahī̃ jāo. ― Don't go.
Synonyms
- مت (mat)
- نہ (nā)