नकसीर
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (ṇakkasirā, “nostril”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nək.siːɾ/, [n̪ək.s̪iːɾ]
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)
| 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, Śyamāsundara, “नकसीर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, 1965–1975.
- Platts, John Thompson, “नकसीर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: William H. Allen and Company, 1884.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “नकसीर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press.
- “नकसीर”, in Rekhta Urdu Dictionary, Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2021.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley, “naksīr”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, 1969–1985.