Nah in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Nah

You can make 6 words from 'nah' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'nah'
• 2 letters words from 'nah'

3 letters words from 'nah'

HAN 6

NAH 6

2 letters words from 'nah'

AH 5	AN 2
HA 5	NA 2

Definitions and meaning of nah

nah

Etymology

Colloquial/unarticulated form of no. Compare yeah.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [næː], [nɑː]

Interjection

nah

1. (informal) no

Translations

Anagrams

• HNA, Han, ahn, han

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German

Alternative forms

• nahe (dated or very formal; also a preposition, which is formal too)

Etymology

From Middle High German nāh, from Old High German nāh, from Proto-Germanic *nēhw. Compare English nigh. Doublet of nach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naː/, [naː]
• Rhymes: -aː

Adjective

nah (comparative näher, superlative am nächsten)

1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense), close, nearby
   • 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 573:

Declension

Antonyms

• fern

Derived terms

• körpernah
• Nahkampf
• regierungsnah
• zeitnah

Adverb

nah

1. near (in space or time or in an abstract sense)

Antonyms

• weit
• fern

Further reading

• “nah” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nah/

Conjunction

nah

1. Used in a narrative or an argument. It appears at the beginning of a sentence and suggests that the previous part of the narrative or argument is complete and clear and that the speaker is about to move on to the next part or step. The following are the closest equivalents in English.

   "Now" or "Okay, now..."

   Nah, itu yang tidak bisa kita ketahui

   Now, that's what we haven't been able to find out.

   Lalu saya dipecat dengan tidak hormat. Nah, ini yang minimbulkan perasaan bahwa itu keterlaluan.

   Then I was given a dishonourable dismissal. Now, this is what made me feel that they had over-stepped the mark.

Interjection

nah

1. I told you so! See?! (at long last the penny's dropped).

   Nah! Makanya jangan makan buah banyak-banyak (a mother scolding a child who has a stomachache)

   See?! That's why you shouldn't eat a lot of fruit.

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Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nah/
• Rhymes: -nah, -ah

Interjection

nah (Jawi spelling نه‎)

1. here! (when giving something).

Further reading

• “nah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Munsee

Particle

náh

1. there

References

• O'Meara, John (2014), “náh”, in Delaware-English/English-Delaware Dictionary (Heritage), Toronto: University of Toronto Press, published 1996, →ISBN

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Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *nēhw. Cognates include Old English nēh, nēah and Old Norse ná.

Adjective

nāh

1. close
2. near

Derived terms

• nāhī

Descendants

• Middle High German: nāch
  • Alemannic German: naach, nooch
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: nå

    Mòcheno: no

  • Central Franconian: noh
  • German: nah
  • Luxembourgish: no

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz.

Preposition

nāh (takes dative)

1. towards
2. after (time)

Descendants

• Middle High German: nāh
  • German: nach
  • Luxembourgish: no
  • Yiddish: נאָך‎ (nokh)

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Old Saxon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *nēhw. Cognates include Old English nēah and Old Norse ná.

Adjective

nāh (comparative nāhiro, superlative nāhist)

1. near
2. close

Declension

See also

• nāho

Descendants

• Middle Low German: nâch, nâ
  • German Low German: na

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *nēhwiz.

Preposition

nāh (takes dative)

1. to, towards

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Turkish

Etymology

From either Bulgarian, Macedonian, or Serbo-Croatian на

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑh/

Interjection

nah

1. (informal) lo!, there it is!

2. (vulgar) Makes the following word negative

3. (vulgar) accompanies the fig sign (compare Russian кукиш)

Source: wiktionary.org

• (colloquial) no.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)