ན

ན U 0F53, ན TIBETAN LETTER NA ← དྷ [U 0F52] Tibetan པ → [U 0F54]

Translingual

Letter

ན

1. Tibetan letter na

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑ/, [nɑ]

Letter

ན (na)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Dzongkha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑ˥/, [nɑ˥]

Letter

ན (na)

1. The twelfth letter of the Dzongkha alphabet

Ladakhi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n̪ə/, [n̪ə]

Letter

ན (na)

1. The twelfth letter of the Ladakhi alphabet

Sherpa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na/, [na]

Letter

ན (na)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Sherpa alphabet, written in the Tibetan script

Sikkimese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɐ~n̥ɐ/, [nɐ~n̥ɐ]

Letter

ན (na)

1. The twelfth letter of the Sikkimese alphabet

Tibetan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*na/
• Lhasa: /na˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*na/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: na^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /na˥˥/

Letter

ན • (na)

1. The twelfth letter of the Tibetan alphabet

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*na/
• Lhasa: /na˩˨/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*na/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: na^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /na˩˨/

Noun

ན • (na)

1. age, year of age

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*na/
• Lhasa: /na˥˥/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*na/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: na^f
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /na˥˥/

Conjunction

ན • (na)

1. if

Etymology 4

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *na-n/t (“sick; ill; pain; evil spirit”).

Pronunciation

• Old Tibetan: /*na/
• Lhasa: /na˩˨/
• Batang: /na˨˧˩/
• Dêgê: /na˩˧/

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• Old Tibetan:
  • IPA^(key): /*na/ (reconstructed)
• Ü-Tsang
  • Tibetan pinyin: na^v
  • (Lhasa) IPA^(key): /na˩˨/
• Khams
  • (Batang) IPA^(key): /na˨˧˩/
  • (Dêgê) IPA^(key): /na˩˧/

Verb

ན • (na) (nominal form ན་བ)

1. (intransitive) to be or become ill, to be sick

Conjugation

Conjugation of ན

Tense/Mood	Form	Wylie
Present	ན	na
Future	ན	na
Past	ན	na
Imperative	ན	na