नवरत्न

• नवरतन (navratan), नव रतन (nav ratan)

From नव (nav, “nine”) +‎ रत्न (ratna, “gem, jewel”).

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nəʋ.ɾət̪.nᵊ/, [nɐʋ.ɾɐt̪̚.nᵊ]

नवरत्न • (navratna) m

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism) navaratna (the nine precious gems revered in South and Southeast Asia)
2. (idiomatic) any group of nine notable individuals or entities; "the nine jewels", navaratnas
   1. the nine scholars in the court of Vikramaditya
   2. the nine scholars in the court of Akbar
   3. the nine scholars in the court of Raja Krishnachandra
   4. 14 high-performing Indian public sector companies

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

नव (nava) +‎ रत्न (ratna)

नवरत्न • (navaratna) stem, ?

1. the nine precious gems (viz. pearl, ruby, topaz, diamond, emerald, lapis lazuli, coral, sapphire, and गो-मेध they are supposed to be related to the 9 planets) L. (cf. MWB. 528)
2. the 9 jewels (i.e. the 9 men of letters at the court of विक्रमादित्य, viz. धन्वन्तरि, क्षपणक, अमर-सिंह, शङ्कु, वेताल-भट्ट, घट-कर्पर, कालिदास, वर-रुचि, and वराह-मिहिर) L.

• → Burmese: နဝရတ် (na.wa.rat)
• → Khmer: នព្វរ័តន៍ (nuppĕəʼrŏət)