नोक

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

नोक • (nokm (Urdu spelling نُوک)

  1. point, tip, end
    Synonym: अनी (anī)
    सुई की नोकsuī kī noktip of a needle
  2. nib (of a pen)
    Synonyms: निब (nib), जीभी (jībhī)
  3. forepart
    Synonym: अग्रभाग (agrabhāg)
    भूमि की नोकbhūmi kī nokforepart 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, 2025.