نک

Persian

Etymology 1

Metrical contraction in poetry.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nak]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [näk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [näk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nækʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näk]

Readings
Classical reading?	nak
Dari reading?	nak
Iranian reading?	nak
Tajik reading?	nak

Interjection

نک • (nak)

1. (poetic) Contraction of اینک (inak).⁩

Adverb

نک • (nak)

1. (poetic) Contraction of اینک (inak).⁩

Etymology 2

Metrical contraction in poetry.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [nuk]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nʊk]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nʊk]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nʊk]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nuk]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nokʲ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [nuk]

Readings
Classical reading?	nuk
Dari reading?	nuk
Iranian reading?	nok
Tajik reading?	nuk

Noun

نک • (nok)

1. Poetic form of نوک (nuk, “beak, tip, point”).

Punjabi

PIE word
*néh₂s

Picture dictionary

نک

کھوپڑی

بھیجا

اکّھ

بُلھ

نکّ

مونہہ

ٹھوڑی

جباڑا

پٹپڑی

کنّ

گاٹا

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਨਕੁ (naku /⁠nakku⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /nəkː/, [nɐkˑə̆]

• Audio (India):

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Noun

نَکّ • (nakk) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੱਕ)

1. (anatomy) the nose
2. (metonymically) snivel (mucus from the nose)
3. (figurative) honour, reputation

   Synonym: عِزَّت (ʻizzat)

Declension

Declension of نک
dir. sg.	نَکّ (nakk)
dir. pl.	نَکّ (nakk)
	singular	plural
direct	نَکّ (nakk)	نَکّ (nakk)
oblique	نَکّ (nakk)	نَکّاں (nakkāṉ)
vocative	نَکّا (nakkā)	نَکّو (nakko)
ablative	نَکّوں (nakkoṉ)	نَکّاں (nakkāṉ)
locative	نَکّے (nakke)	نَکِّیں (nakkiīṉ)
instrumental	نَکّوں (nakkoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਨੱਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*nakka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*nakka), from नस् (nas) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHs, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s (“nose”).

Cognate with Assamese নাক (nak), Bengali নাক (nak), English nose, Hindustani नाक (nāk) / nāk, Russian нос (nos), Sylheti ꠘꠣꠇ (nax). Doublet of ناس (nās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəkː/

Noun

نَکّ (nakk) m

1. (anatomy) nose