नूनम्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- নূনম্ (Assamese script)
- ᬦᬹᬦᬫ᭄ (Balinese script)
- নূনম্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰡𑰳𑰡𑰦𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀦𑀽𑀦𑀫𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- နူနမ် (Burmese script)
- નૂનમ્ (Gujarati script)
- ਨੂਨਮ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌨𑍂𑌨𑌮𑍍 (Grantha script)
- ꦤꦹꦤꦩ꧀ (Javanese script)
- 𑂢𑂴𑂢𑂧𑂹 (Kaithi script)
- ನೂನಮ್ (Kannada script)
- នូនម៑ (Khmer script)
- ນູນມ຺ (Lao script)
- നൂനമ് (Malayalam script)
- ᠨᡠᡠᠨᠠᠮ (Manchu script)
- 𑘡𑘴𑘡𑘦𑘿 (Modi script)
- ᠨᠤᠤᠨᠠᠮ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧁𑧕𑧁𑧆𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐣𑐹𑐣𑐩𑑂 (Newa script)
- ନୂନମ୍ (Odia script)
- ꢥꢹꢥꢪ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆤𑆷𑆤𑆩𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖡𑖳𑖡𑖦𑖿 (Siddham script)
- නූනම් (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩯𑩒𑩛𑩯𑩴 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚝𑚱𑚝𑚢𑚶 (Takri script)
- நூநம் (Tamil script)
- నూనమ్ (Telugu script)
- นูนมฺ (Thai script)
- ནཱུ་ན་མ྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒢𑒴𑒢𑒧𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨝𑨃𑨊𑨝𑨢𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *nūnám, derived from Proto-Indo-European *nu (“now”) (whence नु (nú)).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /nuː.nɐ́m/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /n̪uː.n̪ɐm/
Adverb
नूनम् • (nūnám)
- now, at present, just, immediately, at once
- for the future
- now then, therefore
- (especially in later Sanskrit) certainly, assuredly, indeed (also in questions like कदा नूनम् (kadā nūnam, “when indeed?”))
Descendants
- Pali: nūnaṃ, nūna (dubitative or asseverative particle)
- Prakrit: 𑀡𑀽𑀡𑀁 (ṇūṇaṃ), 𑀡𑀽𑀡 (ṇūṇa)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “नूनम्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 567, column 3.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 53
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nūnám”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 426