نک

Persian

Etymology 1

Metrical contraction in poetry.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈnak/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näk]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nækʰʲ]

• (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): /ˈnuk/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [nʊk]

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

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nokʰʲ]

• (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

دماغ

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]

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Noun

نَکّ • (nakk) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੱਕ)

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

   Synonym: عِزَّت (ʻizzat)

Declension

Declension of نک

	singular	plural
direct	نَکّ (nakk)	نَکّ (nakk)
oblique	نَکّ (nakk)	نَکّاں (nakkāṉ)
vocative	نَکّا (nakkā)	نَکّو (nakko)
ablative	نَکّوں (nakkoṉ)	—
locative	نَکّے (nakke)	نَکِّیں (nakkiīṉ)
instrumental	نَکّوں (nakkoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “نک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “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, page 397

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) / ناک (nāk, “nāk”), Russian нос (nos), Sylheti ꠘꠣꠇ (nax). Doublet of ناس (nās).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nəkː/

Noun

نَکّ (nakk) m

1. (anatomy) nose