English Explanatory Dictionary

nuqta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˈnʊktə/

Word forms

nuqta nuqtas

Etymology

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

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