nok

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nok (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nok/

Noun

nok (Bengali script নোক)

1. house

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Czech

Noun

nok m inan

1. dumpling

   Synonyms: knedle, knedlík, knedlíček

Declension

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Etymology 1

From the noun Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“hook”), cognate with Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Old English hnocc (“hook, penis”). In the maritime meaning, it is in borrowed from Dutch nok or Low German Nock.

Noun

nok c (singular definite nokken, plural indefinite nokker)

1. (dialect) tap
2. (nautical) yardarm, peak

Inflection

References

• “nok,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nok,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German nōch, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz, cognate with Old Norse nógr, gnógr, English enough, German genug.

Determiner

nok (uninflected)

1. enough

Adverb

nok

1. enough
2. probably

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: nok
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: nok
• → Icelandic: nokk
• → Faroese: nokk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: nokk; (dialectal) nøkk, nukk

References

• “nok,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nok,5” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

From Low German noch, German noch, from Proto-Germanic *nuh, cognate with Dutch nog and Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷 (nauh).

Adverb

nok

1. yet

References

• “nok,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nok,6” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nocke, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnakka-, related to *hnakkô (“back of the neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔk/

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• Hyphenation: nok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

nok f (plural nokken, diminutive nokje n)

1. ridge of a roof
2. cam

Derived terms

• nokvorst

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: nòk
• → Sranan Tongo: noko
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: noko

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “nok1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nok (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nok/

Noun

nok

1. house
2. classifier for families, households, for what is held in a house.

Derived terms

• nokchaka
• nokdang
• nokdonggaa
• noking
• nokkap
• nokpante

Hlai

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *C-nok (“monkey”), from Pre-Hlai *C-nok (Norquest, 2015).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /nok˥/

Noun

nok

1. monkey

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian نخود (noxod).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːk/
• Rhymes: -oːkˤ

Kurdish Wikipedia has an article on:

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Noun

nok f (Arabic spelling نۆك)

1. chickpea

Declension

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “nok”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 422

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German nôch. Compare with Old Norse nógr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔkː/

Adverb

nok

1. enough
2. surely, probably

Derived terms

• riktignok

References

• “nok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German noch.

Adverb

nok

1. enough

   Du har ikkje nok pengar.

   You don't have enough money.

2. surely, probably

   Eg ser det nok.

   I'll surely see it.

References

• “nok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali নখ (nokh), from Sanskrit नख (nakha).

Noun

nok

1. nail (on fingers/toes)