nuqta

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/ˈnʊktə/

noun

A diacritic used in the Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and other Indian scripts for sounds not present in the original scripts, including sounds borrowed from Arabic, Persian, and English.

OriginHindustani ← Classical Persian نُقْطَه ← Arabic نُقْطَة →
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Meanings

nounnuqta (plural nuqtas)

plural nuqtas

  1. A diacritic used in the Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and other Indian scripts for sounds not present in the original scripts, including sounds borrowed from Arabic, Persian, and English.

Origin

  1. Arabicنُقْطَة
  2. Classical Persianنُقْطَه
  3. Hindustani
  4. Englishnuqta

From Hindustani نقطہ / नुक़्ता (nuqtā), from Classical Persian نُقْطَه (nuqta), from Arabic نُقْطَة (nuqṭa).

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Translations

Arabic نُقْطَة
  • نُقْطَة (nuqṭa)diacritic
Bengali নুক্তা, নুক়্তা
  • নুক্তা (nukta)diacritic
  • নুক়্তা (nuqta)diacritic
  • ়diacritic
Hindi नुक़्ता, ़
  • नुक़्ता (nuqtā)diacritic
  • ़diacritic
Japanese ヌクター
  • ヌクター (nukutā)diacritic
Persian نقطه
  • نقطه (noqte)diacritic
Punjabi ਨੁਕ਼ਤਾ
  • ਨੁਕ਼ਤਾ (nuqtā)diacritic
Russian ну́кта
  • ну́кта (núkta)diacritic
Turkish nokta
  • noktadiacritic
Urdu نقطہ
  • نقطہ (nuqtah)diacritic

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Chicago

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