नकसीर

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nək.siːɾ/, [nɐk.siːɾ]

Noun

नकसीर • (naksīr) f (Urdu spelling نَکْسِیر)

1. nosebleed

   नकसीर फूटना ― naksīr phūṭnā ― to have a nosebleed (literally, “for a nosebleed to burst”)

Declension

Declension of नकसीर (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नकसीर naksīr	नकसीरें naksīrẽ
oblique	नकसीर naksīr	नकसीरों naksīrõ
vocative	नकसीर naksīr	नकसीरो naksīro

Derived terms

• नकसीर भी न फूटना (naksīr bhī na phūṭnā, “not suffer any damage or harm”, literally “not even have a nosebleed”)

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नकसीर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “नकसीर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नकसीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “नकसीर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “naksīr”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press