English[edit]
Fingernails
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English finger neil(e); equivalent to finger + nail. Compare Middle English nayl of fynger (“fingernail”) and Old English handnæġl (“fingernail”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fingernail (“fingernail”), West Frisian fingerneil (“fingernail”), Dutch vingernagel (“fingernail”), German Fingernagel (“fingernail”), Danish fingernegl (“fingernail”), Swedish fingernagel (“fingernail”), Norwegian fingernegl (“fingernail”), Icelandic fingurnögl (“fingernail”).
Pronunciation[edit]
fingernail (plural fingernails)
- The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
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covering near the tip of finger
- Afrikaans: nael (af), vingernael
- Ainu: アㇺ (am)
- Albanian: thua (sq) f
- Amharic: ጥፍር (ṭəfr)
- Arabic: ظُفْر (ar) m (ẓufr)
- Gulf Arabic: ظِفِر (ẓifir)
- Armenian: եղունգ (hy) (ełung)
- Asturian: uña (ast) f
- Avar: малъ (malˢ)
- Aymara: sillu
- Azerbaijani: dırnaq (az)
- Bashkir: тырнаҡ (tırnaq)
- Belarusian: пазно́гаць m (paznóhacʹ), но́гаць m (nóhacʹ)
- Bengali: নখ (bn) (nokh)
- Bulgarian: но́кът (bg) m (nókǎt)
- Burmese: လက်သည်း (my) (laksany:)
- Buryat: хюмһан (xjumhan)
- Catalan: ungla (ca) f
- Chakma: 𑄚𑄮𑄇𑄴 (nok)
- Chechen: мӏара (mˀara)
- Chichewa: khadabo
- Chickasaw: ilbakchosh
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 指甲 (zi2 gaap3), 手指甲 (sau2 zi2 gaap3)
- Mandarin: 指甲 (zh) (zhǐjia), 手指甲 (zh) (shǒuzhǐjia)
- Chuvash: чӗрне (čĕrne)
- Classical Nahuatl: iztetl
- Crimean Tatar: tırnak
- Czech: nehet (cs) m
- Egyptian: (ꜥnt f), (ꜣb m)
- Danish: negl (da) c, fingernegl (da) c
- Dolgan: тыҥырак
- Dutch: vingernagel (nl) m, nagel (nl) m
- Estonian: küüs (et)
- Finnish: sormen kynsi, sormenkynsi
- Franco-Provençal: ongla f
- French: ongle (fr) m, ongle de main m
- Gagauz: tırnak
- Galician: uña (gl) f, unlla (gl) f
- Georgian: ფრჩხილი (ka) (prčxili)
- German: Fingernagel (de) m
- Greek: νύχι (el) n (nýchi)
- Guaraní: poapen
- Gujarati: નખ (gu) m (nakh)
- Hausa: farce
- Hawaiian: maiʻao
- Hebrew: ציפורן \ צִפֹּרֶן (he) (tsipóren)
- Hindi: नाख़ुन m (nāxun)
- Hungarian: köröm (hu)
- Icelandic: nögl (is) f, fingurnögl f
- Indonesian: kuku (id)
- Irish: ionga méire f
- Italian: unghia (it) f
- Japanese: 爪 (ja) (つめ, tsume)
- Kalmyk: хумсн (xumsn)
- Kapampangan: kuku
- Karachay-Balkar: тырнакъ (tırnaq)
- Karakalpak: tırnaq
- Kazakh: тырнақ (kk) (tyrnaq)
- Khakas: тырғах (tırğax)
- Khmer: ក្រចកដៃ (krɑchɑɑk day)
- Korean: 손톱 (ko) (sontop)
- Koryak: вагылӈын (vagəlŋən)
- Kumyk: тырнакъ (tırnaq)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: نینۆک (ckb) (nînok)
- Northern Kurdish: nînok (ku) f
- Kyrgyz: тырмак (ky) (tırmak)
- Lao: ເລັບມື (lep mư̄)
- Latgalian: nogs m
- Latin: unguis m
- Latvian: nags (lv) m
- Luhya: litere
- Luxembourgish: Fangernol m
- Macedonian: нокт m (nokt)
- Malay: kuku (ms)
- Malayalam: നഖം (ml) (nakhaṃ)
- Manchu: ᡥᡳᡨᠠᡥᡡᠨ (hitahūn), ᡤᠠᠯᠠ
ᡥᡠᡵᡠ (gala huru)
- Maori: kuku, maikuku
- Mongolian: хумс (mn) (xums)
- Mundurukú: ibunũ
- Navajo: áláshgaan
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fingernegl m, negl (no) m
- Ojibwe: (my fingernail) nishlanzh
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: ногъть m (nogŭtĭ)
- Old East Slavic: пазногъть m (paznogŭtĭ), ногъть m (nogŭtĭ)
- Old Polish: nogieć m, nokieć m
- Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴 (t¹ir¹ŋq /tïrŋaq/)
- Ottoman Turkish: طرناق (tırnaq), درنق (dırnaq)
- Pashto: نوک (ps) m
- Persian: ناخن (fa) (nâxon)
- Pirahã: xopói
- Pitjantjatjara: maṟa piri, miltji
- Polish: paznokieć (pl) m
- Portuguese: unha (pt) f
- Quechua: sillu
- Rapa Nui: akikuku
- Romanian: unghie (ro) f
- Russian: но́готь (ru) m (nógotʹ), но́гти (ru) m pl (nógti)
- Rusyn: нохоть m (noxotʹ)
- Sanskrit: नख (sa) (nakha)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: но̏кат m
- Roman: nȍkat (sh) m
- Shor: тырбақ (tırbaq)
- Slovak: necht (sk) m
- Slovene: noht (sl) m inan
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: nokś m
- Upper Sorbian: nochć m
- Southern Altai: тырмак (tïrmak)
- Spanish: uña (es) f
- Sundanese: tanggai
- Swahili: kucha (sw)
- Swedish: fingernagel (sv) m, nagel (sv) m
- Tagalog: kuko
- Tajik: нохун (tg) (noxun)
- Tamil: விரல் நகம் (viral nakam)
- Taos: mą̏c’élena
- Tarifit: iššar m, aššar m
- Tatar: тырнақ (tırnaқ)
- Telugu: గోరు (te) (gōru)
- Thai: เล็บมือ (lép-mʉʉ)
- Turkish: tırnak (tr)
- Turkmen: dyrnak
- Tuvan: дыргак (dırgak)
- Ukrainian: ні́готь m (níhotʹ)
- Urdu: ناخن m (nāxun)
- Uyghur: تىرناق (tirnaq)
- Uzbek: tirnoq (uz)
- Vietnamese: móng (vi), móng tay
- Volapük: doatanuel
- Yakut: тыҥырах (tıñıraq)
- Yami: koko
- Yiddish: נאָגל m (nogl)
- Zealandic: naegel m
- Zulu: uzipho (zu) class 11/10
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