On the nail in Hindi — Meaning of फौरन (phauran)

📖 Meaning of “on the nail”

The meaning of “on the nail” in Hindi is फौरन, pronounced phauran — 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.

📘 Definition of on the nail

immediately, without delay

✍️ On the nail in a sentence

Tell me, have you a mind to anything in the Doctor's book? Speak the word, and I will help you to it upon the nail.

सन् 1910 से पहले की लगी मशीनरी को फौरन बदलने की आवश्यकता थी.

🌱 Word Origin (Etymology)

Allegedly from the tradition of striking bargains by placing cash on the nails in Bristol, Limerick and Liverpool. The Oxford English Dictionary, however, cites an Anglo-Norman phrase from c. 1360, "payer sur le ungle" to pay on the (finger)nail meaning "to pay immediately and in full", and the Latin "ad unguem", exactly. It quotes parallel usages from 17th century French, Dutch and German sources and adds that "N.E.D. (1906) notes that: ‘the explanations associating it with certain pillars at the Exchange of Limerick or Bristol are too late to be of any authority in deciding the question’."

Quick facts about “on the nail”

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Word (English)

On the nail

Meaning in Hindi

फौरन

Pronunciation

phauran

Part of speech

Noun

Category

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Word Origin (Etymology)

Allegedly from the tradition of striking bargains by placing cash on the nails in Bristol, Limerick and Liverpool. The Oxford English Dictionary, however, cites an Anglo-Norman phrase from c. 1360, "payer sur le ungle" to pay on the (finger)nail meaning "to pay immediately and in full", and the Latin "ad unguem", exactly. It quotes parallel usages from 17th century French, Dutch and German sources and adds that "N.E.D. (1906) notes that: ‘the explanations associating it with certain pillars at the Exchange of Limerick or Bristol are too late to be of any authority in deciding the question’."

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Hindi meaning of "on the nail" is फौरन (phauran).

In Devanagari script it is written as फौरन.

It is pronounced "phauran". Tap the speaker icon on this page to hear it aloud.

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