نکته nukta for A. نکتة nuktat, v.n. fr. نکت 'to poke the ground, c. with the end of a stick,' c.
P نکته nukta (for A. نکتة nuktat, v.n. fr. نکت 'to poke (the ground, &c.) with the end of a stick,' &c.), s.m. (orig.) 'A point';—a point (of wit); a quaint saying; a pithy sentence;—a subtle or quaint conceit; a nice or metaphysical distinction; a mythical signification;—headstall (of a horse):—nūkta-bīn, or nukta-ćīn, adj. & s.m. Hypercritical; captious;—a captious critic, a caviller, carper:—nukta-pardāz, adj. Acute, subtle, ingenious; sententious;—s.m. An acute genius:—nukta-pardāzī, s.f. Acuteness; ingenuity; wit, humour; sententiousness:—nukta-ćīn, adj. & s.m. See nukta-bīn:—nukta-ćīnī, s.f. Carping, captiousness, cavil:—nukta-ćīnī karnā, To carp (at), to cavil:—nukta-dān, or nukta-ras, or nukta-shinās, or nukta-fahm, adj. Understanding subtleties or mystical meanings, sagacious, discerning, nice, of penetrating intellect:—nukta-dānī, s.f. Sagacity, penetration, discernment.
نقطه nuqt̤a for A. نقطة nuqt̤at, v.n. fr. نقط 'to mark a letter with the diacritical points'
P نقطه nuqt̤a (for A. نقطة nuqt̤at, v.n. fr. نقط 'to mark (a letter) with (the diacritical) points'), s.m. A point, a dot; a cypher; a geometrical point; centre (of a circle); a focus;—a spot; a stain;—a dot, pip, or spot (upon a die);—a diacritical point (upon some of the consonants);—a small part (of anything):—nuqt̤a denā (-ko), To give the points (to a letter), to point, dot:—nuqt̤a lagānā (-ko), To bespatter with abuse, to vilify;—to attach blame (to), to accuse.
نکٿا नकटा nakṭā nāk, 'nose'+kaṭā, perf. part. of kaṭnā, 'to be cut'
H نکٿا नकटा nakṭā (nāk, 'nose'+kaṭā, perf. part. of kaṭnā, 'to be cut'), adj. & s.m. (f. -ī), Nose-clipt, noseless;—shameless, immodest, bare-faced;—disgraced, dishonoured;—one whose nose has been cut off;—a rogue;—a shameless fellow;—one who has a small flat nose;—a kind of bird, the comb-duck;—a class of obscene songs:—nakṭī, s.f. A nose-clipt woman;—a shameless or brazen-faced woman:—nakṭī-kā janā, s.m. Son of a shameless woman; one of ignoble birth;—an ignoble birth.
نکٿي नकटी nakṭī
H نکٿي नकटी nakṭī, adj. & s.f. See under the m. nakṭā.