nakha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• नख (Devanagari script)
• নখ (Bengali script)
• නඛ (Sinhalese script)
• နခ or ၼၶ (Burmese script)
• นข or นะขะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᨡ (Tai Tham script)
• ນຂ or ນະຂະ (Lao script)
• នខ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄈 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit नख (nakhá).

Noun

nakha m or n

1. nail
2. claw

Declension

Declension table of "nakha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	nakho	nakhā
Accusative (second)	nakhaṃ	nakhe
Instrumental (third)	nakhena	nakhehi or nakhebhi
Dative (fourth)	nakhassa or nakhāya or nakhatthaṃ	nakhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	nakhasmā or nakhamhā or nakhā	nakhehi or nakhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	nakhassa	nakhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	nakhasmiṃ or nakhamhi or nakhe	nakhesu
Vocative (calling)	nakha	nakhā

Declension table of "nakha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	nakhaṃ	nakhāni
Accusative (second)	nakhaṃ	nakhāni
Instrumental (third)	nakhena	nakhehi or nakhebhi
Dative (fourth)	nakhassa or nakhāya or nakhatthaṃ	nakhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	nakhasmā or nakhamhā or nakhā	nakhehi or nakhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	nakhassa	nakhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	nakhasmiṃ or nakhamhi or nakhe	nakhesu
Vocative (calling)	nakha	nakhāni

References

• Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli Language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875.

Romani

Noun

nakha

1. nominative plural of nakh