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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (ṇakkasirā, “nostril”).
Pronunciation
Noun
नकसीर • (naksīr) f (Urdu spelling نَکْسِیر)
- nosebleed
- नकसीर फूटना ― naksīr phūṭnā ― to have a nosebleed (literally, “for a nosebleed to burst”)
Declension
Declension of नकसीर (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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नकसीर
naksīr
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नकसीरें
naksīrẽ
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| oblique
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नकसीर
naksīr
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नकसीरों
naksīrõ
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| vocative
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नकसीर
naksīr
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नकसीरो
naksīro
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Derived terms
- नकसीर भी न फूटना (naksīr bhī na phūṭnā, “not suffer any damage or harm”, literally “not even have a nosebleed”)
Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नकसीर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “नकसीर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नकसीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- “नकसीर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “naksīr”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press