नक्
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *nákts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *nákts, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (“night”). Cognate with Ancient Greek νῠ́ξ (núx), Latin nox, Lithuanian naktis, Old English niht (whence English night).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /n̪ɐ́k/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /n̪ɐk/
Noun
नक् • (nák) ? (Vedic)
- night
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 7.71.1:
- अप स्वसुरुषसो नग्जिहीते रिणक्ति कृष्णीररुषाय पन्थाम् ।
- apa svasuruṣaso nagjihīte riṇakti kṛṣṇīraruṣāya panthām .
- The Night retireth from the Dawn her Sister; the Dark one yieldeth to the Red her pathway.
- अप स्वसुरुषसो नग्जिहीते रिणक्ति कृष्णीररुषाय पन्थाम् ।