Where does “ناـ” come from?

ناـ (Chagatai) comes from Persian ناـ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian ná, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.

Ancestry of “ناـ”, step by step

ناـ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian ناـ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianناـun-, non-, in
2Proto-Indo-Iraniannáno, not
3Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no

via Classical Persian ناـ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianناـ—

Words derived from “ناـ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European né →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian ná →Every word from Persian ناـ →