नकेल

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *nakkakīlas (“nose peg”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nə.keːl/, [nɐ.keːl]
• Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

नकेल • (nakel) f (Urdu spelling نکیل)

1. halter (rope tethered around a camel's, or other animal's, nose)

Declension

Declension of नकेल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नकेल nakel	नकेल nakel
oblique	नकेल nakel	नकेलों nakelõ
vocative	नकेल nakel	नकेलो nakelo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नकेल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 538
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nakkakīla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press