Namak: 1 definition

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Namak 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 Namak has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Namaka.

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Namak in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) salt; table salt; (touch of) prettiness; ~[khvara] loyal, loyal servant; hence ~[khvari]; ~[dana/dani] salt-cellar; ~[harama] ungrateful, disloyal; faithless, unfaithful; ~[harami] ungratefulness, ingratitude; disloyalty; faithlessness; ~[halala] one who serves the master loyally; loyal, grateful, faithful; ~[halali] rendering loyal service to the master, gratefulness, gratitude, loyalty; —([ka haka) ada karana] to discharge (one’s) obligation to the master, to make any sacrifice to preserve one’s loyalty; —[khana, kisi ka] to have subsisted on somebody’s patronage, (and therefore to be under a debt of gratitude); —[chidakana, kate para/ghava para/jale para] to add insult to injury, to inflict one affliction upon another; —[phutakara nikalana] to get punishment for disloyalty/ingratitude/infidelity; -[mirca lagana] to exaggerate (things); to put forth a hyperbolic description; —[hona, cehare para] to have pretty looks..—namak (नमक) is alternatively transliterated as Namaka.

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