Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nuqta

/ˈnʊktə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nuq-ta
IPA: /ˈnʊktə/

14

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: نُقْطَه, نُقْطَة, ن ق ط

Inflected Forms

nuqtas (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

How do you pronounce nuqta?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈnʊktə/.
What does nuqta mean?: 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.
Where does nuqta come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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