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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ṅu (ङु).—1 Ā. (ṅavate) To sound.

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Nu (नु).—ind.

1) A particle having an interrogative force and implying some 'doubt', or 'uncertainty'; स्वप्नो नु माया नु मतिभ्रमो नु (svapno nu māyā nu matibhramo nu) Ś.6.1; अस्तशैलगहनं नु विवस्वानाविवेश जलधिं नु महीं नु (astaśailagahanaṃ nu vivasvānāviveśa jaladhiṃ nu mahīṃ nu) Kirātārjunīya 9.7;5.1; 8 53,9.15,54;13.4; Kumārasambhava 1.46; क्षालितं नु शमितं नु वधूनां द्रावितं नु हृदयं मधुवारैः (kṣālitaṃ nu śamitaṃ nu vadhūnāṃ drāvitaṃ nu hṛdayaṃ madhuvāraiḥ) Śiśupālavadha 1.14; Ś.2.1.

2) It is very often compounded with the interrogative pronoun and its derivatives in the sense of 'possibly', 'indeed'; किं न्वेतत्स्यात्किमन्यदितोऽ थवा (kiṃ nvetatsyātkimanyadito' thavā) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.17; एतावन्नू (etāvannū) 3 इत्येतावद्धीति (ityetāvaddhīti) Bṛ. Up.2.1.14; कथं नु गुणवद्विन्देयं कलत्रम् (kathaṃ nu guṇavadvindeyaṃ kalatram) Dk.; see किंनु (kiṃnu) also.

3) Ved. Now, even now.

4) Now therefore, now then, therefore.

5) Like, as.

6) Quickly.

7) From this time forward. also (-nū) Ved. Alone; नू मर्तो दयते सनिष्यन् (nū marto dayate saniṣyan) Ṛgveda 7.1.1.

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Nu (नु).—I. 2 P. (nauti, praṇauti; nuta; caus. nāvayati; desid. nunūṣati)

1) To praise, extol, commend; सरस्वती तन्मिथुनं नुनाव (sarasvatī tanmithunaṃ nunāva) Kumārasambhava 7.9; Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.112; see नू (nū).

2) To roar, cry.

3) To sound, shout. -II. 1. Ā. (navate) To go. -Caus. To cause to be drawn into the nose; Charaka.

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Nu (नु).—f. Praise. -m.

1) A weapon.

2) Time.

Derivable forms: nuḥ (नुः).

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Nū (नू).—6 P. (nuvati) To praise &c.; see नु (nu).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Nu (नु).—in kiṃ nu, according to mss. and ed. Avadāna-śataka i.191.2; 209.5, for Sanskrit kiṃ tu, however. Not noted in Pali or Prakrit

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ṅu (ङु).—[(ṅu)] r. 1st cl. (ṅavate) To sound. bhvā-ātma-aka-aniṭ . ca

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Ṇu (णु).—r. 3rd cl. (nauti-praṇauti) To praise With āṅ prefixed (ānute) To utter a cry of regret. r. 6th cl. (navati) To praise. adā-para saka-veṭ .

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Ṇū (णू).—r. 6th cl. (nuvati) To praise; also ṇu-tu-ku-para-saka-seṭ .

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Nu (नु).—ind. 1. A particle of interrogation; 2. Of discrimination; 3. Of reflexion; 4. Of doubt; 5. Of contempt; 6. Of pretence; 7. Of respect; 8. A particle implying cause or motive: (what, but, how, hum, or either, &c. will in general express it.) E. ṇuṭ to go, or ṇu praise, &c. aff. ḍu.

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Nu (नु).—m.

(-nuḥ) 1. A weapon. 2. Time. 3. A boat. 4. The nasal mark above the line in neuter nouns, &c. f.

(-nuḥ) Praise, eulogium, panegyric. E. ṇu to praise, &c. aff. kkip.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ṅu (ङु).— i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] To sound.

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Nu (नु).—and nū nū, ved. (perhaps akin to nava, cf. nūtana), a particle, 1. Now (ved.). 2. A particle of interrogation in two or more interrogative sentences succeeding each other, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 137. 3. Preceded by interrogatives, Mahābhārata 5, 6003. 4. nu

— nu, Either... or, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 72, 27; nu

— nu

— nu... or ...or, [Kirātārjunīya] 5. 1. 5. A part. of affirmation, Indeed, Chr. 291, 13 = [Rigveda.] i. 64, 13.

— Cf. ; [Gothic.] nu; [Anglo-Saxon.] nu; , [Latin] nunc (i. e. num-ce = ); [Gothic.] nuh.

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Nu (नु).— ii. 2, and nu or nū NŪ, i. 6, nuva [Parasmaipada.], and ved. i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] 1. To shout (ved.). 2. To praise, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 23, 39.

— With the prep. pari pari ṇu ṇu To praise, 1, 8, 44.

— With pra pra ṇu ṇu To praise, 3, 21, 22.

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Nū (नू).—see nu, 1. 2,

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nu (नु).—1. ([indeclinable]) now, still, then, indeed ([especially] in questions ±khalu); -ever or -soever ([with] a rel., which it makes indefin.); [with] neg. certainly not, never. —nū cid just now, for ever; never, never more; nu—nu (—nu) either-or (-or), also in questions without an [interrogative] [pronoun]

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Nū (नू).—1. ([indeclinable]) now, still, then, indeed ([especially] in questions ±khalu); -ever or -soever ([with] a rel., which it makes indefin.); [with] neg. certainly not, never. —nū cid just now, for ever; never, never more; nu—nu (—nu) either-or (-or), also in questions without an [interrogative] [pronoun]

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Nu (नु).—2. nauti nuvati navate navati [participle] nuta roar, sound, exult, praise. [Intensive] nonavīti, navīnot howl, thunder.

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Nu (नु).—3. navate (nauti) move (trans & [intransitive]); [Causative] nāvayati move from a place, remove.

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Nū (नू).—2. v. 1 nu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ṅu (ङु):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ṅavate, to sound, [Dhātupāṭha xxii, 57] :—[Desiderative] ñuṅūṣate, [Pāṇini 7-4, 62 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) Nu (नु):—1. nu ind. (in, [Ṛg-veda] also nū; [especially] at the beginning of a verse, where often = nu + u), now, still, just, at once

3) so now, now then, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad]

4) indeed, certainly, surely, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.

5) cf. [Pāṇini 3-2, 121 [Scholiast or Commentator]] (often connected with other particles, [especially] with negatives e.g. nahi nu, ‘by no means’, nakir nu, ‘no one or nothing at all’, mā nu, ‘in order that surely not’ ; often also gha nu, ha nu, in nu, nu kam etc. [nū cit, either ‘for ever, evermore; at once, forthwith’ or, ‘never, never more’; so also nū alone, [Ṛg-veda vii, 100, 1]]; with relat. = -cunque or -soever; sometimes it lays stress upon a preceding word, [especially] an interr. pronoun or particle, and is then often connected with khalu, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.; it is also employed in questions, [especially] in sentences of two or more clauses cf. [Pāṇini 8-2, 98; Kāśikā-vṛtti] where nu is either always repeated [Śakuntalā vi, 9] or omitted in the first place [ib. i, 8] or in the second place and further replaced by svid, yadi vā etc., and strengthened by vā, atha vā etc.)

6) cf. 1. nava, nūtana, nūnam; [Zend] nū; [Greek] νύ, νῦν; [Latin] nun-c; [German] nu, nun; [Anglo-Saxon] nu, nū; [English] now.

7) Nū (नू):—a ind. See 1 nu

8) Nu (नु):—2. nu m. a weapon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) time, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) 3. nu [class] 1. [Ātmanepada] navate (nauti with apa), to go, [Naighaṇṭuka, commented on by Yāska ii, 14] :—[Causal] nāvayati, to move from the place, remove, [ṢaḍvBr.]

11) 4. nu or nū [class] 2. 6. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxiv, 26; xxviii, 104]) nauti, nuvati, ([present tense] also navate, ti, [Ṛg-veda] etc.; p. [Parasmaipada] nuvat, navat [Ātmanepada] navamāna, [Ṛg-veda]; [perfect tense] nunāva, [Kāvya literature]; [Aorist] anūnot, anūṣi, ṣata, anaviṣṭa, [Ṛg-veda]; anauṣit, anāvit, anuvīt [grammar]; [future] naviṣyati, nuv; navitā, nuv, [ib.]; [indeclinable participle] -nutya, -nāvam, [Brāhmaṇa]; [infinitive mood] lavitum [varia lectio] nuv, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]),

—to sound, shout, exult;—praise, commend, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Passive voice] nūyate, [Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Causal] nāvayati [Aorist] anūnavat [grammar]:—[Desiderative] nunūṣati, [ib.];—[Desiderative] of [Causal] nunāvayiṣati, [ib.] :—[Intensive] nonavīti, nonumas ([imperfect tense] anonavur [subjunctive] navīnot; [perfect tense] nonāva, nonuvur, [Ṛg-veda]; nonūyate, nonoti [grammar]),

—to sound loudly, roar, thunder, [Ṛg-veda]

12) Nū (नू):—b or nu [class] 2. 6. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxiv, 26; xxviii, 104]) nauti, nuvati, ([present tense] also navate, ti, [Ṛg-veda] etc.; p. [Parasmaipada] nuvat, navat [Ātmanepada] navamāna, [Ṛg-veda]; [perfect tense] nunāva, [Kāvya literature]; [Aorist] anūnot, anūṣi, ṣata, anaviṣṭa, [Ṛg-veda]; anauṣit, anāvit, anuvīt [grammar]; [future] naviṣyati, nuv; navitā, nuv, [ib.]; [indeclinable participle] -nutya, -nāvam, [Brāhmaṇa]; [infinitive mood] lavitum [varia lectio] nuv, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]),

—to sound, shout, exult;—praise, commend, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Passive voice] nūyate, [Mahābhārata] etc.:—[Causal] nāvayati [Aorist] anūnavat [grammar]:—[Desiderative] nunūṣati, [ib.];—[Desiderative] of [Causal] nunāvayiṣati, [ib.] :—[Intensive] nonavīti, nonumas ([imperfect tense] anonavur [subjunctive] navīnot; [perfect tense] nonāva, nonuvur, [Ṛg-veda]; nonūyate, nonoti [grammar]),

—to sound loudly, roar, thunder, [Ṛg-veda]

13) Nu (नु):—[from nū] 5. nu m. praise, eulogium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

14) 6. nu Caus. nāvayati, to cause to be drawn into the nose, [Caraka] (cf. 3. nava).

15) 7. nu (ifc.) = nau, a ship, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ṅu (ङु):—[(-ṅu) ṅavate] 1. d. To sound.

2) Ṇu (णु):—(la) nauti nuvati 2. a. To praise. With ā to utter a cry of regret.

3) Ṇū (णू):—(śa) nuvati 6. a. To praise.

4) Nu (नु):—adv. What, how, or, either.

5) (nuḥ) 2. m. A weapon; time; boat; nasal mark. f. Praise, eulogium.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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