नकटा

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Hindi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /nək.ʈɑː/,

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)

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Noun

नकटा (nakṭām (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)

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