Where does “نا” come from?

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

نا (Urdu): not; no

Definitions

  1. not; no

Ancestry of “نا”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sauraseni Prakrit𑀡—
2Sanskritनno, not; no, not, none, no one, nothing, never,...
3Proto-Indo-Iraniannáno, not
4Proto-Indo-Europeannénot; no

Words derived from “نا”

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