Naak: 2 definitions
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Naak means something in Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Ambiguity: Although Naak has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Naka.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryNaak in Hindi refers in English to:—(nf) the nose; (a symbol of) prestige; honour; pre-eminent person (in a class or group); (nm) the heaven; a kind of crocodile; used as a suffix to mean 'full of/impregnated with' as [khataranaka, sharmanaka; -naksha] facial features, facial cut; ~[vala] honourable; having a prestige; —[umci hona] to be honourable; to acquire added status/respect; social standing to be enhanced; —[katana] to lose face, to have one’s fair name tarnished, to be faced with humiliation; one’s honour to be sullied; —[katana] to inflict humiliation; to defame; to disgrace, to dishonour; to outwit, to prove more than a match; —[ka bala] very intimate, in the closest of counsels; —[ki sidha mem] just in front, as the crow flies; —[ke nice] under the very nose of, in the very presence of; —[ke sura mem bolana] to speak in a nasalised voice, to speak through the nose; —[ghisana] see —[ragadana; —cadhana] lit. to stretch the nostrils upwards to express indignation/contempt; —[chidakana] see ~[sinakana; —jana] to lose one’s honour, prestige/honour to be sullied, one’s reputation to be tarnished; —[cahe idhara se pakado, cahe udhara se] different courses for identical destination; to try both possible alternatives, to try either way; —[taka khana] to cram one’s stomatch full, to over-eat; —[para gussa hona] to be very petulant, to be very short-tempered; —[para makkhi na baithane dena] to have no obligations whatever, to be quits with all, to allow none to acquire an upper hand; —[para marana] to pay off readily (so as to keep one’s image unsullied); —[phatana] lit. the nose to be split up—foul smell to be unbearable; to be extra-fastidious; to have a clip on one’s shoulder; —[bacana] to have kept one’s name intact, to safeguard one’s honour; —[bahana] the nose to be running; —[bhaum cadhana/sikodana] lit. to turn up the nose and knit the brows—to frown, to express indignation; to cock one’s nose: —[mem dama karana] to set (somebody’s) teeth on edge, to make it too hot for; to pester, to plague, to harass; —[mem dama hona] to be plagued, to be fed up; things to become too hot, to have the teeth see on edge; —[mem nakela dalana] to have complete control over, to be in a position to make one dance to his tune; —[rakhana] to save or preserve one’s honour, to have a good name unsullied; —[ragadana] to beseech very humbly; to eat humble pie; —[sikodana] lit. to turn up the nose —to express contempt or disapproval; —[sinakana] to blow the nose; —[se age na dekha pana] not to see beyond one’s nose; to be short-sighted/unwise; [nakom cane cabavana] to tor ment, to cause excessive harassment..—naak (नाक) is alternatively transliterated as Nāka.
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Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryNaak is another spelling for नाक [nāka].—n. nose; honor; prestige; reputation;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+20): Naak-bajounu, Naak-kaan, Naak-katnu, Naak-rahanu, Naak-rakhnu, Naakakore, Naakashikani, Naakko-chaal, Naakko-pwaal, Naakkore-jhaar, Naakupunnuveru, Naakure, Naka, Nakabamdi, Nake, Nake-boli, Nake-todki, Nakkai, Nakkai-pitunkikol, Nakkaippucci.
Full-text (+56): Naksh, Nak, Anaksh, Naak-bajounu, Naak-rahanu, Naak-katnu, Naak-rakhnu, Naka-bajaunu, Naka-rahanu, Naka-katnu, Naka-rakhnu, Naak-kaan, Pranaksh, Avanaksh, Abhinaksh, Shishna, Naka-kana, Jivanash, Syuna, Mina.
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Devala-smriti (critical study) (by Mukund Lalji Wadekar)
References to section [F] < [Chapter 9 - The distinctive features of the Devalasmriti]
A vocabulary of the Yan dialect of the Kammu language < [Volume 22 (1957)]
Lisu and proto Lolo-Burmese < [Volume 38 (1977)]
Lisu and Proto lolo burmese < [Volume 39 (1978)]
Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)
Part 4.2d - Nakṣatrapuruṣa-vrata < [Chapter 4 - Religious aspects of the Matsyapurāṇa]
Buddhist Education in Thailand (critical study) (by Smitthai Aphiwatamonkul)
6. Roles of Buddhist Universities towards the Thai Society < [Chapter 3 - The Impact of Buddhist Education on Thai Sangha]
2.2. The Buddhist Ordination in Thailand < [Chapter 4 - Role of the Buddhist Education in The Thai Society]
1. Buddhist Monastery in Thailand < [Chapter 4 - Role of the Buddhist Education in The Thai Society]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 7.71.1 < [Sukta 71]