नोक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian نوک (nok, “point, tip, beak”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /noːk/
• Rhymes: -oːk

Noun

नोक • (nok) m (Urdu spelling نُوک)

1. point, tip, end

   Synonym: अनी (anī)

   सुई की नोक ― suī kī nok ― tip of a needle

2. nib (of a pen)

   Synonyms: निब (nib), जीभी (jībhī)

3. forepart

   Synonym: अग्रभाग (agrabhāg)

   भूमि की नोक ― bhūmi kī nok ― forepart of a land; projecting land

4. angle, corner

   Synonyms: कोण (koṇ), कोना (konā)

Declension

Declension of नोक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नोक nok	नोक nok
oblique	नोक nok	नोकों nokõ
vocative	नोक nok	नोको noko

Derived terms

• नुकीला (nukīlā)
• नोक-झोंक (nok-jhõk)
  • नोका-झोंकी (nokā-jhõkī)
• नोक-दुम भागना (nok-dum bhāgnā)
• नोकदार (nokdār)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नोक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “नोक”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.