Where does “ਨਈਂ” come from?

ਨਈਂ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit नहि, from Proto-Indo-Iranian naǰʰí, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

ਨਈਂ (Punjabi): no, not

Definitions

  1. no, not

Ancestry of “ਨਈਂ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritनहिsurely not, by no means, not at all
2Proto-Indo-Iraniannaǰʰí—
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian naǰʰí →Every word from Sanskrit नहि →
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