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)
- point, tip, end
- Synonym: अनी (anī)
- सुई की नोक ― suī kī nok ― tip of a needle
- nib (of a pen)
- Synonyms: निब (nib), जीभी (jībhī)
- forepart
- Synonym: अग्रभाग (agrabhāg)
- भूमि की नोक ― bhūmi kī nok ― forepart of a land; projecting land
- angle, corner
Declension
singular | plural | |
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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.