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na

masc voc sg of na (noun)

1. no; not; neither; nor
2. (adds a question mark) surely?; does one not?
3. not
4. (gram) negative prefix na

Etymology. PIE *ne-, cognate with Sanskrit na, Latin ne, Greek ou (via *ne-o-); fundamental negation particle across Indo-European languages

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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