nanu
na-nu/ ind. ( 2. na/ + nu ) not, not at all, never, RV. ; AV. ; ( interr. ) not? is it not? = nonne, AV. ; ŚBr. &c. &c. (hence often =) certainly, surely, indeed, no doubt ( esp. in questions amounting to an affirmation, e.g. nanv ahaM te priyaH , am I not your friend i.e. certainly I am your fr° , Daś. [so also na ca , there can be no doubt, Pāṇ. ii, 3, 11 ; 29 , Kāś. ], or to a request, e.g. nanu gacCAmi BoH , surely I may go, Pāṇ. viii, 1, 43 , Kāś. , and even as a responsive particle, e.g. akArzIH kawamnanu karomi BoH , indeed I have made it, ib. ; with another interr. or an Impv. = pray, please, e.g. nanu ko BavAn , pray who are you? Mṛcch. x, 48/49 ; nanU cyatAm , please tell, ib. 52/53 ; in argument often as an inceptive particle implying doubt or objection, ‘now it may be said, well, but then’ &c., esp. in nanv astu , or nanu mA BUt-taTA pi , well, be it so or not so-nevertheless)