नकटा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• नककटा (nakkaṭā)

Etymology

From नाक (nāk, “nose”) +‎ कटा (kaṭā, “cut”), an inflection of कटना (kaṭnā, “to be cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /nək.ʈɑː/, [nɐk.ʈäː]

Adjective

नकटा • (nakṭā) (feminine नकटी, Urdu spelling نَکٹا)

1. having the nose cut off, noseless
2. (figurative) disgraced, dishonored

   Synonym: अप्रतिष्ठित (apratiṣṭhit)

3. shameless, immodest, barefaced

   Synonyms: निर्लज्ज (nirlajj), बेशर्म (beśarm), बेहया (behyā)

Declension

Declension of नकटा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	नकटा nakṭā	नकटे nakṭe	नकटी nakṭī	नकटी nakṭī
oblique	नकटे nakṭe	नकटे nakṭe	नकटी nakṭī	नकटी nakṭī
vocative	नकटे nakṭe	नकटे nakṭe	नकटी nakṭī	नकटी nakṭī

Noun

नकटा • (nakṭā) m (feminine नकटी, Urdu spelling نَکٹا)

1. one whose nose has been cut off
2. a rogue, a villain
3. a shameless person
4. the knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
5. (derogatory) one having a small flat nose; snub-nosed
6. a class of obscene songs (sung by women at marriages)

Declension

Declension of नकटा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नकटा nakṭā	नकटे nakṭe
oblique	नकटे nakṭe	नकटों nakṭõ
vocative	नकटे nakṭe	नकटो nakṭo

Derived terms

• नकटा जिये बुरे हवाल (nakṭā jiye bure havāl)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नकटा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2505
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नकटा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 539
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नककटा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 538
• Platts, John T. (1884) “نکٿا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1148
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “नकटा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 334.