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English

Navami

Navami comes from Sanskrit नवमी ‘ninth day in a lunar fortnight’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ ‘nine’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁néwn̥‘nine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*Hnawamás‘ninth’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनवमnavama‘ninth’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEनवमीnavamī‘ninth day in a lunar fortnight’
  5. EnglishtodayNavami

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁néwn̥‘nine’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*Hnawamás‘ninth’reconstructed
  3. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEनवमnavama‘ninth’
  4. Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEनवमीnavamī‘ninth day in a lunar fortnight’
  5. EnglishtodayNavami

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ ‘nine’

nine, noon, ninth, 11 more

Today it means

name The ninth day (tithi) of the fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu lunar calendar.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ / Navami

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