నక్క

See also: నక్కు and నొక్కు

Telugu

A red fox (Vulpes vulpes).

Etymology

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Cognate with Telugu నక్క (nakka), Tamil நரி (nari), Malayalam നരി (nari), Tulu ನರಿ (nari), Konda-Dora [script needed] (naka), Kuvi [script needed] (nakka), Kolami [script needed] (nakka), Kodava [script needed] (nari).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nakːa/

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• Rhymes: -క్క

Noun

నక్క • (nakka) ? (plural నక్కలు)

1. jackal

   Synonyms: జంబుకము (jambukamu), ఫేరవము (phēravamu)

   నక్క యెక్కడ, దేవలోకమెక్కడ.

   nakka yekkaḍa, dēvalōkamekkaḍa.

   Where is the jackal? Where is heaven?

2. fox
3. (Telangana) hole in a wall made by a thief

   Synonym: కన్నము (kannamu)

Derived terms

• నక్కతోక (nakkatōka, “fox-tail”)
• నక్కపోతు (nakkapōtu, “a male fox”)

 

References

• "నక్క" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 628
• నక్క at Telugu On-line Dictionaries Project on Andhra Bharati, partially sponsored by the Telugu Association of North America (in Telugu)

  Dr. A. Ramapati Rao, editor (1985), “నక్క”, in మాండలిక పదకోశం [Dialectical Dictionary] (in Telugu), Hyderabad: Telugu Academy, page 100