# नाक
## Garhwali
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka, “nose”).

### Noun

नाक (nāk) f
* nose

## Hindi

Picture dictionary :
नाक
खोपड़ी
दिमाग़
आँख
माथा
होंठ
नाक
मुँह
ठुड्डी
जबड़ा
कान
गाल
कनपटी
गर्दन
गला :

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /nɑːk/, [näːk]
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka, “nose”), ultimately from Sanskrit नस् (nas, “nose”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

#### Noun

नाक • (nāk) f (Urdu spelling ناک)
* (anatomy) nose
    Synonyms: नासा (nāsā), नासिका (nāsikā)
    मैं नाक से साँस लेता हूँ।ma͠i nāk se sā̃s letā hū̃.I breathe through my nose.
    कई लड़कियों की नाक छिदी होती हैं।kaī laṛkiyõ kī nāk chidī hotī ha͠i.Many girls have their noses pierced.
* mucus, phlegm

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit नाक (nā́ka).

#### Adjective

नाक • (nāk) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling ناک)
* (rare) happy, painless

#### Noun

नाक • (nāk) m (Urdu spelling ناک) (rare)
* heaven
* sky
* sun
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सूरज

##### Declension
### Further reading

* Bahri, Hardev (1989) “नाक”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
* “नाक”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “नाक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “नाक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “नाक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*nakka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Konkani
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka, “nose”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nɑːk]

### Noun

नाक • (nāk) n (Latin script nak, Kannada script ನಾಕ್)
* nose
    Synonym: घ्राणेंद्रीय (ghrāṇendrīy)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka, “nose”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nak/

### Noun

नाक • (nāk) n
* (anatomy) nose

#### Derived terms

* नाकपुडी (nākpuḍī, “nostril”)

### Further reading

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “नाक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “नाक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nāk”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Nepali
### Alternative forms

* नाक् (nāk)

### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka, “nose”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [näk]
* Phonetic Devanagari: नाक्

### Noun

नाक • (nāk)
* (anatomy) nose

#### Derived terms

* नाक काट्नु (nāk kāṭnu)

### Further reading

* “नाक”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
* Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “नाक”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “नाक्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* nāka (Latin script)
* 𑀦𑀸𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* নাক (Bengali script)
* නාක (Sinhalese script)
* နာက or ၼႃၵ (Burmese script)
* นาก or นากะ (Thai script)
* ᨶᩣᨠ (Tai Tham script)
* ນາກ or ນາກະ (Lao script)
* នាក (Khmer script)
* 𑄚𑄂𑄇 (Chakma script)

### Noun

नाक m
* Devanagari script form of nāka (“heaven”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* নাক (Assamese script)
* ᬦᬵᬓ (Balinese script)
* নাক (Bengali script)
* 𑰡𑰯𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀦𑀸𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* နာက (Burmese script)
* નાક (Gujarati script)
* ਨਾਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌨𑌾𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦤꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂢𑂰𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ನಾಕ (Kannada script)
* នាក (Khmer script)
* ນາກ (Lao script)
* നാക (Malayalam script)
* ᠨᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘡𑘰𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᠨᠠᢗᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧁𑧑𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐣𑐵𑐎 (Newa script)
* ନାକ (Odia script)
* ꢥꢵꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆤𑆳𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖡𑖯𑖎 (Siddham script)
* නාක (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩯𑩛𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚝𑚭𑚊 (Takri script)
* நாக (Tamil script)
* నాక (Telugu script)
* นาก (Thai script)
* ནཱ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒢𑒰𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨝𑨊𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of न (ná, “no”) +‎ अक (áka, “sin, pain”), literally “[where there is/who has] no pain or sin”.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /nɑ́ː.kɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈn̪ɑː.kɐ/

### Adjective

नाक • (nā́ka) stem
* happy, painless

#### Declension
### Noun

नाक • (nā́ka) stem, m
* heaven, firmament
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:स्वर्ग
* the sky
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:आकाश
* sun
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:सूर्य

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Monier Williams (1899) “नाक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 522.
* ↑ Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “नाक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan

### Further reading

* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “nāka”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “नाक”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nāˊka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press