نہیں

• نئیں‎ (naī̃)

Inherited from Sanskrit नहि (nahi).

• IPA^(key): /nəiː˦/, /nə˦.ɦiː/

نہیں • (nahī̃) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਹੀਂ)

1. no
2. not

   ‏میں نہیں جاواں گا‎

   maẽ nahī̃ jāvāṅgā!

   I will not go!

نہیں • (nahī̃) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਹੀਂ)

1. a no, nay

Inherited from Sanskrit नहि (nahí, “surely not”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *naǰʰí, from earlier *ná gʲʰí, from Proto-Indo-European *né + gʰí. Cognate with Bengali নাই (nai)/নেই (nei), Early Assamese নাহি (nahi), Assamese নাই (nai), Braj नहीं (nahī̃).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nə.ɦĩː/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /nə.ɦĩː/

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• Rhymes: -ĩː

نہیں • (nahī̃) (Hindi spelling नहीं)

1. no, not, nay (indicative negation)

   ‏بالکل نہیں!‎‎ ― bilkul nahī̃! ― absolutely not!

   ‏یہاں گاجر نہیں ہیں۔‎‎ ― yahā̃ gājar nahī̃ ha͠i. ― there are no carrots here.

Often preceded by the honorific particle جی‎ (jī) to be more polite in answering those given respect.

Compare the subjunctive negation نہ‎ (nā).

• جی نہیں‎ (jī nahī̃)
• نہیں تو‎ (nahī̃ to, “if not...then, else, otherwise”)

نہیں • (nahī̃) (Hindi spelling नहीं)

1. (informal) don't

   ‏تم نہیں جاؤ۔‎‎ ― tum nahī̃ jāo. ― Don't go.

• مت‎ (mat)
• نہ‎ (nā)