नवाँ (navaan)

adjective Ordinal numeral meaning 'ninth', from नौ (nau, 'nine'); it behaves as an ordinary variable adjective.
Sense 1 : ninth (in a sequence)
adjective
Frequency: high
Cultural Note: You will meet नवाँ (navaan) constantly in school and exam contexts -- नवीं कक्षा (naviin kakshaa, 'ninth grade') is the standard way Indian students refer to that school year, so this word is one of the more practically useful ordinals to know cold.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners sometimes write नवाँ (navaan) as if it were invariant like other borrowed ordinals; it actually inflects like a normal adjective, giving नवें (naven) in the oblique/plural and नवीं (naviin) in the feminine. 2) Don't confuse नवाँ (navaan, 'ninth') with नया (nayaa, 'new') or नव (nav, 'nine/new' in compounds) -- they look and sound similar but mean different things.
Sample Sentences:
मेरा बेटा इस साल नवीं कक्षा में है। My son is in ninth grade this year.
(meraa betaa is saal naviin kakshaa men hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
यह इमारत की नवीं मंज़िल है। This is the ninth floor of the building.
(yah imaarat kii naviin manzil hai।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
वह नवीं कक्षा में फेल हो गया था। He had failed in ninth grade.
(vah naviin kakshaa men phel ho gayaa thaa।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Active
अगले साल मेरी बेटी नवीं कक्षा में जाएगी। Next year my daughter will go to ninth grade.
(agle saal merii betii naviin kakshaa men jaaegii।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Tense: Future -- Voice: Active
कृपया सूची में नवाँ नाम पढ़िए। Please read the ninth name on the list.
(kripyaa soochii men navaan naam padhie।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Imperative -- Voice: Active
यदि वह नवीं कक्षा पास कर लेता, तो आज कॉलेज में होता। If he had passed ninth grade, he would be in college today.
(yadi vah naviin kakshaa paas kar letaa, to aaj kolej men hotaa।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Counterfactual -- Aspect: Habitual -- Voice: Active
शायद यह उसकी नवीं कोशिश हो। Perhaps this is his ninth attempt.
(shaayad yah uskii naviin koshish ho।)
Register: Neutral -- Mood: Subjunctive -- Voice: Active
नवीं कक्षा के छात्रों को कल बुलाया गया। The ninth grade students were called yesterday.
(naviin kakshaa ke chhaatron ko kal bulaayaa gayaa।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Perfective -- Tense: Past -- Voice: Passive
नवीं कक्षा की किताबें हर साल बदली जाती हैं। Ninth grade textbooks are changed every year.
(naviin kakshaa kii kitaaben har saal badlii jaatii hain।)
Register: Formal -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Passive
नवीं मंज़िल पर लिफ़्ट अक्सर रुक जाती है। The lift often stops on the ninth floor.
(naviin manzil par lift aksar ruk jaatii hai।)
Register: Casual -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Habitual -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
यह पंक्ति की नवीं इकाई है, जिसे हम अभी जोड़ रहे हैं। This is the ninth unit in the row, which we are adding right now.
(yah pankti kii naviin ikaaii hai, jise ham abhii jod rahe hain।)
Register: Literary -- Mood: Indicative -- Aspect: Continuous -- Tense: Present -- Voice: Active
Morphology
Adjective (variable)
(sg.m): नवाँ (navaan)
(pl.m): नवाँे ([[नवाँे]])
(sg.f): नवाँी ([[नवाँी]])
(pl.f): नवाँी ([[नवाँी]])