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نک

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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Metrical contraction in poetry.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? nak
Dari reading? nak
Iranian reading? nak
Tajik reading? nak

Interjection

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نک (nak)

  1. (poetic) Contraction of اینک (inak).⁩

Adverb

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نک (nak)

  1. (poetic) Contraction of اینک (inak).⁩

Etymology 2

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Metrical contraction in poetry.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? nuk
Dari reading? nuk
Iranian reading? nok
Tajik reading? nuk

Noun

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نک (nok)

  1. Poetic form of نوک (nuk, beak, tip, point).

Punjabi

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Western Panjabi Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pnb
PIE word
*néh₂s

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Punjabi ਨਕੁ (naku /⁠nakku⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نَکّ (nakkm (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੱਕ)

  1. (anatomy) the nose
  2. (metonymically) snivel (mucus from the nose)
  3. (figurative) honour, reputation
    Synonym: عِزَّت (ʻizzat)

Declension

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Declension of نک
dir. sg. نَکّ (nakk)
dir. pl. نَکّ (nakk)
singular plural
direct نَکّ (nakk) نَکّ (nakk)
oblique نَکّ (nakk) نَکّاں (nakkāṉ)
vocative نَکّا (nakkā) نَکّو (nakko)
ablative نَکّوں (nakkoṉ) نَکّاں (nakkāṉ)
locative نَکّے (nakke) نَکِّیں (nakkiīṉ)
instrumental نَکّوں (nakkoṉ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਨੱਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*nakka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Saraiki

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*nakka), from नस् (nas) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHs, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (nose).

Cognate with Assamese নাক (nak), Bengali নাক (nak), English nose, Hindustani नाक (nāk) / nāk, Russian нос (nos), Sylheti ꠘꠣꠇ (nax). Doublet of ناس (nās).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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نَکّ (nakkm

  1. (anatomy) nose