नु
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- नू (nū)
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 (whence English now).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /n̪ú/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /n̪u/
Adverb
नु • (nú)
- now
- at once
- now then
- so now
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नु”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 567/1.