নাই
Assamese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Early Assamese নাহি (nahi), from Sanskrit নহি (nahí, “surely not”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from earlier *ná gʲʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + gʰí. Cognate to Kamta নাই (nai), Bengali নেই (nei), Hindi नहीं (nahī̃), Braj नाहीं (nāhī̃).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
নাই • (nai)
Usage notes[edit]
For yes-no questions like "does it happen?", "is it that?", নহয় (nohoy) is used instead.
Interjection[edit]
নাই • (nai)
Verb[edit]
নাই • (nai)
- negative of আছে (ase, “to have”)
- মোৰ আছে, মোৰ নাই
- mür ase, mür nai
- I have, I do not have
- (literally, “My there is, my there is not”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit নাভি (nābhi), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnā́bʰiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́bʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰ-is, from *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”).
Noun[edit]
নাই • (nai)
Bengali[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀦𑀸𑀳𑀺 (nāhi), from Sanskrit नहि (nahi, “surely not”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *naźʰí, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *négʰí, from *né (“no”) + *gʰí (emphatic particle). Cognate to Kamta নাই (nai), Assamese নাই (nai) Hindi नहीं (nahī̃), Braj नाहीं (nāhī̃).
Alternative forms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
নাই • (nai)
Verb[edit]
নাই • (nai)
- negative of আছে (ache, “to have”)
- আমার আছে, আমার নাই
- amar ache, amar nai
- I have, I do not have
- (literally, “My there is, my there is not”)
Etymology 2[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit नाभि (nābhi), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hnā́bʰiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́bʰiš, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nóbʰ-is, from *h₃nebʰ- (“navel”). Doublet of নাভি (nabhi).
Noun[edit]
নাই • (nai)
- Assamese terms inherited from Early Assamese
- Assamese terms derived from Early Assamese
- Assamese terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Assamese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Assamese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Assamese terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Assamese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Assamese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Assamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Assamese lemmas
- Assamese adverbs
- Assamese terms with usage examples
- Assamese interjections
- Assamese non-lemma forms
- Assamese verb forms
- Assamese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Assamese terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Assamese doublets
- Assamese nouns
- Bengali terms inherited from Magadhi Prakrit
- Bengali terms derived from Magadhi Prakrit
- Bengali terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Bengali terms derived from Sanskrit
- Bengali terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Bengali terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Bengali terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Bengali terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Bengali terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Bengali terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Bengali lemmas
- Bengali adverbs
- Bengali terms with usage examples
- Bengali non-lemma forms
- Bengali verb forms
- Bengali doublets
- Bengali nouns