Pāli Dictionary

nanu

Part of speech

indeclinable

Antonyms

nu

general

  • is it not?; surely?; wouldn’t it? (particle of interrogation expecting an affirmative answer)

  • SN 35.87

    nanu te, sāriputta, channena bhikkhunā sammukhā'y'eva anupavajjatā byākatā'ti?

  • DN 16

    alaṃ, ānanda, mā soci mā paridevi nanu etaṃ, ānanda, mayā paṭikacc'eva akkhātaṃ sabbeh'eva piyehi manāpehi nānābhāvo vinābhāvo aññathābhāvo

  • certainly; surely; indeed; of course

  • SN 35.87

    nanu te, sāriputta, channena bhikkhunā sammukhā'y'eva anupavajjatā byākatā'ti?

  • DN 16

    alaṃ, ānanda, mā soci mā paridevi nanu etaṃ, ānanda, mayā paṭikacc'eva akkhātaṃ sabbeh'eva piyehi manāpehi nānābhāvo vinābhāvo aññathābhāvo

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

naanu
  1. na

    not; no; neither; nor (negative particle; also as negative prefix in compounds)

  2. anu

    along; beside; alongside; following behind (of space)

nuanu
  1. nu

    interrogative and dubitative particle; whether, indeed, I wonder, on earth (often combined with interrogative pronouns)

  2. anu

    along; beside; alongside; following behind (of space)

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