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The corpus record — Sanskrit

nūnaṃ

nūnam ind. now, at present, just, immediately, at once

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Where it lives

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. nūnam

nūnam ind. now, at present, just, immediately, at once

2. nūnam

now then, therefore

3. nūnam

( esp. in later lang. ) certainly, assuredly, indeed (also in questions, e.g. kadān, when indeed? kvan, where indeed?), RV. ; &c.

In the wild

6 of 11 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. nun (vol. 3, scan p. 779; entry #12970).

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Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.