नकटा

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • नककटा (nakkaṭā)

Etymology

From नाक (nāk, nose) + कटा (kaṭā, cut), an inflection of कटना (kaṭnā, to be cut).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /nək.ʈɑː/, [nɐk.ʈäː]

Adjective

नकटा • (nakṭā) (feminine नकटी, Urdu spelling نَکٹا)

  1. having the nose cut off, noseless
  2. (figurative) disgraced, dishonored
    Synonym: अप्रतिष्ठित (apratiṣṭhit)
  3. shameless, immodest, barefaced
    Synonyms: निर्लज्ज (nirlajj), बेशर्म (beśarm), बेहया (behyā)

Declension

Noun

नकटा • (nakṭā) m (feminine नकटी, Urdu spelling نَکٹا)

  1. one whose nose has been cut off
  2. a rogue, a villain
  3. a shameless person
  4. the knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
  5. (derogatory) one having a small flat nose; snub-nosed
  6. a class of obscene songs (sung by women at marriages)

Declension

Derived terms

  • नकटा जिये बुरे हवाल (nakṭā jiye bure havāl)

References

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