Honker in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “honker” in Hindi is नाक, pronounced nak — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s
Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHs
Sanskrit नस् (nas)
Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka)
Hindi नाक
Inherited from Prakrit णक्क (ṇakka, “nose”), from Sanskrit नस् (nas, “nose”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Bengali নাক (nak), Punjabi ਨੱਕ (nakka), Marathi नाक (nāk), Gujarati નાક (nāk), Romani nakh, and more distantly related to English nose, French nez, Lithuanian nósis, and Russian нос (nos).
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Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s
Proto-Indo-Iranian *náHs
Sanskrit नस् (nas)
Prakrit 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka)
Hindi नाक
Inherited from Prakrit णक्क (ṇakka, “nose”), from Sanskrit नस् (nas, “nose”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Bengali নাক (nak), Punjabi ਨੱਕ (nakka), Marathi नाक (nāk), Gujarati નાક (nāk), Romani nakh, and more distantly related to English nose, French nez, Lithuanian nósis, and Russian нос (nos).
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