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Hindi
Etymology
From नाक (nāk, “nose”) + कटा (kaṭā, “cut”), an inflection of कटना (kaṭnā, “to be cut”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
नकटा • (nakṭā) (feminine नकटी, Urdu spelling نَکٹا)
- having the nose cut off, noseless
- (figurative) disgraced, dishonored
- Synonym: अप्रतिष्ठित (apratiṣṭhit)
- shameless, immodest, barefaced
- Synonyms: निर्लज्ज (nirlajj), बेशर्म (beśarm), बेहया (behyā)
Declension
Declension of नकटा (ā-stem)
Noun
नकटा • (nakṭā) m (feminine नकटी, Urdu spelling نَکٹا)
- one whose nose has been cut off
- a rogue, a villain
- a shameless person
- the knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
- (derogatory) one having a small flat nose; snub-nosed
- a class of obscene songs (sung by women at marriages)
Declension
Declension of नकटा (masc ā-stem)
Derived terms
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नकटा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : 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.