See also: نقطة and نقطہ

Azerbaijani edit

Noun edit

نقطه

  1. Arabic spelling of nöqtə

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic نُقْطَة (nuqṭa, dot, point).

Noun edit

نقطه (nokta) (plural نقته‌ط (nukat) or نقطه‌لر (noktalar))

  1. dot, point, a small, round spot or speck
  2. dot, a punctuation mark used to indicate the end of a sentence
  3. point, a specific location or place
  4. (figuratively) small patch of verdure in a desert

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: nokta
  • Armenian: նօխտա (nōxta), նոխթա (noxtʿa)

Further reading edit

Pashto edit

Noun edit

نقطه (noqtáf

  1. point
  2. full stop

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic نُقْطَة (nuqṭa).

Pronunciation edit

 

Readings
Classical reading? nuqta
Dari reading? nuqta
Iranian reading? noğte
Tajik reading? nuqta

Noun edit

Dari نُقطَه
Iranian Persian نُقطِه
Tajik нуқта

نُقطِه (noqte) (plural نِقاط (neqât, noqât) or نُقَط (noqat) or نقطه‌ها (noqte-hâ))

  1. point, dot, spot
    • 1976, خسرو شاهانی, “عینک طبی”, in کور لعنتی:
      با چشم چپم که نگاه کردم روی سیم فقط یک نقته سیاه دیدم.
      bâ češm-e čap-am ke negâh kardam ru-ye sim faqat yek noqte-ye siyâh didam.
      When I looked with my left eye, I only saw a black dot on the wire.
  2. spot, place, location
    • 1976, خسرو شاهانی, “توبه”, in کور لعنتی:
      و یک هفته بعد هرکدام در یک نقطه شهر مشغول جیب بری شدند.
      va yek hafte-ye ba'd har-kodâm dar yek noqte-ye šahr mašğul-e jib-bari šodand.
      And one week later, each of them began pickpocketing at a spot in the city.
  3. period, full stop

Derived terms edit

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