Pāli Dictionary

nanu

Part of speech

indeclinable

Antonyms

nu

general

  • ist es nicht ……?; gewiss doch? (Fragepartikel, die eine bejahende Antwort erwartet)

  • 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

  • sicherlich; gewiss; freilich; in der Tat

  • 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

    nicht; nein; weder … noch

  2. anu

    entlang, längs; neben; hinterher (räumlich)

nuanu
  1. nu

    interrogative und dubitative Partikel; ob, wohl, denn, eigentlich (oft mit Interrogativpronomen)

  2. anu

    entlang, längs; neben; hinterher (räumlich)

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