नख

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nəkʰ/, [nɐkʰ]

Noun

नख • (nakh) m (Urdu spelling نکھ‎)

  1. nail (of the finger or toe), claw, talon
    वह व्यक्ति नख से शिख तक गीला है।
    vah vyakti nakh se śikh tak gīlā hai.
    That man is soaked from his (toe) nails to the hair on his head.

Declension

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Synonyms

References
  • Bahri, Hardev (1989), “नख”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “नख”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • nakha (Latin script)
  • 𑀦𑀔 (Brahmi script)
  • নখ (Bengali script)
  • නඛ (Sinhalese script)
  • နခ or ၼၶ (Burmese script)
  • นข or นะขะ (Thai script)
  • ᨶᨡ (Tai Tham script)
  • ນຂ or ນະຂະ (Lao script)
  • នខ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄚𑄈 (Chakma script)

Noun

नख m or n

  1. Devanagari script form of nakha (“nail”)

Declension

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬦᬔ (Balinese script)
  • নখ (Assamese script)
  • নখ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰡𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀦𑀔 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌨𑌖 (Grantha script)
  • નખ (Gujarati script)
  • ਨਖ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦤꦑ (Javanese script)
  • នខ (Khmer script)
  • ನಖ (Kannada script)
  • ນຂ (Lao script)
  • നഖ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘡𑘏 (Modi script)
  • ᠨᠠᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • ᠨᠠᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
  • နခ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧁𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐣𑐏 (Newa script)
  • ନଖ (Odia script)
  • ꢥꢓ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆤𑆒 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖡𑖏 (Siddham script)
  • නඛ (Sinhalese script)
  • நக² (Tamil script)
  • నఖ (Telugu script)
  • นข (Thai script)
  • ན་ཁ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒢𑒐 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnakʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”). Cognate with Persian ناخن‎ (nâxon), Central Kurdish نینۆک‎ (nînok), Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux), Latin unguis, Old Armenian եղունգն (ełungn), English nail.

Pronunciation

Noun

नख • (nakhá) stem, m or n

  1. (anatomy) nail
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.163.5:
      मेहनाद्वनंकरणाल्लोमभ्यस्ते नखेभ्यः ।
      यक्ष्मं सर्वस्मादात्मनस्तमिदं वि वृहामि ते ॥
      mehanādvanaṃkaraṇāllomabhyaste nakhebhyaḥ .
      yakṣmaṃ sarvasmādātmanastamidaṃ vi vṛhāmi te .
      From what is voided from within, and from thy hair, and from thy nails,
      From all thyself from top to toe, I drive thy malady away.

Declension

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Descendants
  • Pali: nakha
  • Prakrit: 𑀡𑀳 (ṇaha)
    • Punjabi: ਨਹਿ (nahi), ਨਹਿੰ (nahĩ), ਨਹੁੰ (nahũ)
    • Romani: naj
  • → Assamese: নখ (nokh)
  • → Bengali: নখ (nokh)
  • → Gujarati: નખ (nakh)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Konkani: नाखूट (nākhūṭ)
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Odia: ନଖ (nôkhô)
  • → Tamil: நகம் (nakam)
  • → Telugu: నఖము (nakhamu)
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