Where does “না” come from?

না (Bengali) comes from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡, from Sanskrit न, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ná, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.

না (Bengali): no, not

Definitions

  1. no, not

Ancestry of “না”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sauraseni Prakrit𑀡—
2Sanskritनno, not; no, not, none, no one, nothing, never,...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniannáno, not
4Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no
Every word from Proto-Indo-European né →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ná →Every word from Sanskrit न →