نکسیر

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (ṇakkasirā, “nostril”).

Pronunciation

Noun

نَکْسِیر • (naksīr) f (Hindi spelling नकसीर)

  1. nosebleed
    ‏نَکْسِیْر پُھوْٹنا‎ ― naksīr phūṭnā ― to have a nosebleed (literally, “for a nosebleed to burst”)

Declension

Declension of نکسیر
singular plural
direct نَکْسِیر‎ (naksīr) نَکْسِیریں‎ (naksīrẽ)
oblique نَکْسِیر‎ (naksīr) نَکْسِیروں‎ (naksīrõ)
vocative نَکْسِیر‎ (naksīr) نَکْسِیرو‎ (naksīro)

Further reading

  • “نکسیر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “नकसीर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “نکسیر”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “naksīr”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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