"nah" meaning in English

See nah in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [næː], [nɑː], [nẽː] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-nah.wav
Rhymes: -æ, -ɑː Etymology: Colloquial/unarticulated form of no. Compare 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), לא (Hebrew), neibb (Icelandic), ううん (Japanese), nem [Brazil] (Portuguese), (Portuguese), (Portuguese), нет (net) (Russian), nah (Spanish), (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-nah-en-intj-OBeKILRw Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 0 0 10 1 1 1 1 9 9 0 0 20 14 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 22 0 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 15 1 1 1 1 12 8 0 0 18 12 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 20 0 1 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Interjection

Etymology: Borrowed from Malay nah or Chinese 拿 (ná, “take”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ms|nah}} Borrowed from Malay nah, {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{en-interj}} nah
  1. (Manglish, Singlish) here! (when giving something). Tags: Manglish, Singlish Related terms: nah mean
    Sense id: en-nah-en-intj-NALZdP1m Categories (other): Manglish, Singlish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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        "(informal) No."
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "no",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "no",
          "word": "welnee"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "no",
          "word": "nääh"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "no",
          "word": "nää"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "fi",
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          "code": "fr",
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "no",
          "word": "ne"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "no",
          "word": "nee"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "no",
          "word": "nö"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "no",
          "word": "לא"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "no",
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        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
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        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "word": "ná"
        },
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          "roman": "net",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
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      "sense": "no",
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      "sense": "no",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "no",
      "word": "ううん"
    },
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "no",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "no",
      "word": "ná"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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