Where does “न” come from?

न (Sanskrit) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian ná, from Proto-Indo-European né — not; no.

न (Sanskrit): no, not; no, not, none, no one, nothing, never,...

Definitions

  1. no, not; no, not, none, no one, nothing, never,...

Ancestry of “न”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniannáno, not
2Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no

Words derived from “न”

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