"nah" meaning in English

See nah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [næː], [nɑː], [nẽː] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nah.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -æ, -ɑː Etymology: Colloquial/unarticulated form of no. Compare yeah. Etymology templates: {{m|en|no}} no, {{m|en|yeah}} yeah Head templates: {{en-interj}} nah
  1. (informal) No. Tags: informal Synonyms: naw Translations (no): yox (Azerbaijani), welnee (Dutch), nääh (Finnish), nää (Finnish), njää (Finnish), njääh (Finnish), nan (French), ne (German), nee (German), (German), neibb (Icelandic), ううん (Japanese), nem (Portuguese), нет (net) (Russian), nah (Spanish), (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nah-en-intj-OBeKILRw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

Etymology: Borrowed from Malay nah or Chinese 拿 (ná, “take”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|ms|nah|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Malay nah, {{bor+|en|ms|nah}} Borrowed from Malay nah, {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{m|zh|拿||take}} 拿 (ná, “take”) Head templates: {{en-interj}} nah
  1. (Manglish, Singlish) here! (when giving something). Tags: Manglish, Singlish
    Sense id: en-nah-en-intj-NALZdP1m Categories (other): Manglish, Singlish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for nah meaning in English (3.7kB)

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        },
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          "code": "nl",
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          "code": "fi",
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