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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian نقل (naql), from Arabic نَقْل (naql). Compare Assamese নকল (nokol), Bengali নকল (nokol), Gujarati નકલ (nakal), Maithili नकल (nakal), Marathi नक्कल (nakkal), Odia ନକଲ (nakala), Punjabi ਨਕਲ (nakal).
Pronunciation
Noun
नक़ल • (naqal) f (Urdu spelling نقل)
- copy, imitation
- Synonym: प्रतिलिपि (pratilipi)
- counterfeit
- mimicking, imitating
Declension
Declension of नक़ल (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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नक़ल naqal
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नक़लें naqalẽ
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oblique
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नक़ल naqal
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नक़लों naqalõ
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vocative
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नक़ल naqal
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नक़लो naqalo
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Derived terms
- नक़ल करना (naqal karnā, “to imitate, mimic; to mime”)
- नक़ली (naqlī, “fake, counterfeit”)