Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic نَقِيّ (naqiyy). Compare Gujarati નક્કી (nakkī), Urdu نقی (naqī).

Adverb edit

नक्की (nakkī)

  1. definitely

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “नक्की”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नकी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “नकी-क्की”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).