Hindi

Noun

नख • ‎(nakh) m ‎(Urdu spelling نکھ)

1. nail (of the finger or toe), claw, talon

   वह व्यक्ति नख से शिख तक गीला है।

   That man is soaked from his (toe) nails to the hair on his head.

Synonyms

• (more common) नाख़ुन ‎(nāxun)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “नख”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

Sanskrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Persian ناخن ‎(nâxon), Kurdish نینۆک ‎(ninok), نیوخان ‎(nyoxan), Baluchi ناکن ‎(nákun)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (compare Lithuanian nagas, Old Church Slavonic нога ‎(noga), ногъть ‎(nogŭtĭ), Old Armenian եղունգն ‎(ełungn), Albanian nyell, Ancient Greek ὄνυξ ‎(ónux), Latin unguis, Tocharian B mekwa, Old Irish inga, Old English nǣġel (English nail).

Noun

नख • ‎(nakhá) n, m

1. (anatomy) nail

Descendants

• Bengali: নখ ‎(nôkh)
• Gujarati: નખ ‎(nakh)
• Hindi: नख ‎(nakh)
• Marathi: नख ‎(nakh)
• Telugu: నఖము ‎(nakhamu)