नक्की

Marathi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nək.ki/, [nək.kiː]

Adverb

नक्की • (nakkī)

1. definitely, surely

References

• 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).