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nuqta

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈnʊktə/

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نُقْطَة (nuqṭa) — diacritic
  • Assamese: ফুট (phut) — diacritic
  • Assamese: নক্তা (nokta) — diacritic
  • Assamese: ়় — diacritic
  • Azerbaijani: nöqtə — diacritic
  • Bashkir: нөктә (nöktə) — diacritic
  • Hindi: नुक़्ता (nuqtā) — diacritic
  • Hindi: ़ — diacritic
  • Persian: نقطه (noqte) — diacritic
  • Punjabi: ਨੁਕ਼ਤਾ (nuqtā) — diacritic
  • Russian: ну́кта (núkta) — diacritic
  • Tajik: нуқта (nuqta) — diacritic
  • Turkish: nokta — diacritic
  • Urdu: نقطہ (nuqtah) — diacritic
  • Uzbek: nuqta — diacritic