نکسیر

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (ṇakkasirā, “nostril”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /nək.siːɾ/
• Rhymes: -iːɾ

Noun

نَکْسِیر • (naksīr) f (Hindi spelling नकसीर)

1. nosebleed

   نَکْسِیْر پُھوْٹنا ― naksīr phūṭnā ― to have a nosebleed (literally, “for a nosebleed to burst”)

Declension

Declension of نکسیر
	singular	plural
direct	نَکْسِیر (naksīr)	نَکْسِیریں (naksīrẽ)
oblique	نَکْسِیر (naksīr)	نَکْسِیروں (naksīrõ)
vocative	نَکْسِیر (naksīr)	نَکْسِیرو (naksīro)

Further reading

• “نکسیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “नकसीर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “نکسیر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “naksīr”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press