নখ

Assamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नख (nakha), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔkʰ/, /nɔx/

Noun

নখ • (nokh)

  1. nail (of a hand or toe)
    ইমান দীঘল হৈ গৈছে! নখ নাকাটা কিয়݁? ― iman dighol hoi goise! nokh nakata kio? ― They have become so long! Why don't you cut your nails?
  2. claw

Declension

See also

  • হাতোৰা (hatüra)

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • নক (nok), নহ (noh), লখ (lokh), লক (lok), লহ (loh) — dialectal variations

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नख (nakha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnakʰás, from earlier *Hnaǰʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʷʰ-és.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /nɔkʰ/, [ˈnɔːk], [ˈnɔx]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /nɔkʰ/, [ˈnɔːk], [ˈnɔx]
    (file)

Noun

নখ • (nokh)

  1. nail (of a hand or toe)
  2. claw

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

নখ m or n

  1. Bengali script form of nakha (“nail”)

Declension

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