नकसीर
Hindi
Etymology
The first part is from नक- (nak-, “nose”). Possibly inherited from Prakrit णक्कसिर (ṇakkasira, “nostril”) with irregular lengthening of i > ī.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /nək.siːɾ/, [nɐk.siːɾ]
Noun
नकसीर • (naksīr) f (Urdu spelling نَکْسِیر)
- nosebleed
- नकसीर फूटना ― naksīr phūṭnā ― to have a nosebleed (literally, “for a nosebleed to burst”)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | नकसीर naksīr |
नकसीरें naksīrẽ |
| oblique | नकसीर naksīr |
नकसीरों naksīrõ |
| vocative | नकसीर naksīr |
नकसीरो naksīro |
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 [Varanasi]: 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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “naksīr”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press