indeclinable
(particle of affirmation) not; is it not? certain; surely
Nanu (indeclinable) [Vedic nanu] 1. particle of affirmation (cf. na 1 ): surely, certainly Pv II 6 7 (so to be read for nanda? v.l. nuna); Mp V 64 on A V 194 (Andersen PR 91). 2. particle of interrogation (= Latin nonne) "is it not" (cf. na 2 ): Ja I 151; III 393; Dhp-a I 33.
【無】（肯定虛詞）不是嗎？確定地，當然。
nanu ind. (Originally a combination of na and nu , now used as a separate word) A particle implying: 1 Inquiry or interrogation; nanu samAptakftyo gOtamaH M. 4. 2 Surely, certainly, indeed, is it not indeed (with an interrogative force); yadA' meDAvinI SizyopadeSaM malinayati tadAcAryasya dozo nanu M. 1. 3 Of course, indeed, certainly ( avaDAraRaM ); upapannaM nanu SivaM saptasvaMgezu R. 1. 60 ; trilokanATena sadA maKadvizastvayA niyamyA nanu divyacakzuzA 3. 45 . 4 It is used as a vocative particle meaning ‘O’, ‘Oh’; nanu mAnava Dk. ; nanu mUrKAH paWitameva yuzmABistatkAMqe U. 4. 5 It is used in propitiatory expressions in the sense of ‘pray’, ‘be pleased’; nanu mAM prApaya patyuraMtikaM Ku. 4. 32. 6 It is sometimes used as a corrective word like the English ‘why, or’ ‘I say’; nanu pade parivftya BaRa Mk. 5 ; nanu BaRABi ciMtita upAya iti V. 2. ; nanu BavAnagrato me vartate Ś. 2 ; nanu vicinotu BavAn V. 2. 7 In argumentative discussions nanu is frequently used to head an objection or advance a contrary proposition (generally followed by ucyate ); nanvacetanAnyeva vfScikAdiSarIrARi acetanAnAM ca gomayAdInAM kAryARIti ucyate Ś. B.
(ind, ind, interr, from na nu) surely?; but wouldn't?; is it true?; wasn't? is it not? certain, surely Construction: na + nu