নখ

Assamese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit নখ (nakha), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔkʰ/, /nɔx/

Noun

নখ • (nokh)

  1. nail (of a hand or toe)
    ইমান দীঘল হৈ গৈছে! নখ নাকাটা কিয়݁?iman dighol hoi goise! nokh nakata kio?They have become so long! Why don't you cut your nails?
  2. claw

Declension

See also

  • হাতোৰা (hatüra)

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • নক (nok), নহ (noh), লখ (lokh), লক (lok), লহ (loh)dialectal variations

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit নখ (nakha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnakʰás, from earlier *Hnaǰʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʷʰ-és.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /nɔkʰ/, [ˈnɔːk], [ˈnɔx]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /nɔkʰ/, [ˈnɔːk], [ˈnɔx]
    Audio:(file)

Noun

নখ • (nokh)

  1. nail (of a hand or toe)
  2. claw

References

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

নখ m or n

  1. Bengali script form of nakha (“nail”)

Declension