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Pronunciation / Transliteration: nau
"इस टोकरी में नौ आम हैं।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one, represented by the Arabic numeral 9.
"There are nine players on a standard baseball team."
- 1
A set or group of nine persons or things.
"The whole nine yards is a common idiom meaning everything possible."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'nigon', which stems from Proto-Germanic '*newun', ultimately tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*h₁néwn̥'. Cognates exist across all major Germanic languages, reflecting a deeply conserved numerical lexicon in Indo-European.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Nine" is said worldwide
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nueve
Transliteration: /ˈnwe.βe/
"El tren sale a las nueve."
nove
Transliteration: /ˈnɔ.vi/
"Comprei nove livros novos."
neuf
Transliteration: /nœf/
"Il y a neuf personnes dans la salle."
neun
Transliteration: /nɔɪn/
"Ich habe neun Katzen zu Hause."
nove
Transliteration: /ˈnɔ.ve/
"Mancano nove giorni alle vacanze."
नौ
Transliteration: nau
"इस टोकरी में नौ आम हैं।"
九
Transliteration: jiǔ
"今天是九月九日。"
아홉
Transliteration: ahop
"사과가 아홉 개 남아 있어요."
九
Transliteration: kyuu
"猫には九つの命があると言われている。"
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