nok

See also: NOK, nők, -nok, -nók, -nök, -nők, and นก

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nok (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nok/

Noun

nok (Bengali script নোক)

1. house

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Czech

Noun

nok m inan

1. dumpling

   Synonyms: knedle, knedlík, knedlíček

Declension

Declension of nok (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	nok	noky
genitive	noku	noků
dative	noku	nokům
accusative	nok	noky
vocative	noku	noky
locative	noku	nocích
instrumental	nokem	noky

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnʌɡ̊]

Etymology 1

From the noun Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“hook”), cognate with Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Old English hnocc (“hook, penis”). In the maritime meaning, it is in borrowed from Dutch nok or Low German Nock.

Noun

nok c (singular definite nokken, plural indefinite nokker)

1. (dialect) tap
2. (nautical) yardarm, peak

Inflection

Declension of nok

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nok	nokken	nokker	nokkerne
genitive	noks	nokkens	nokkers	nokkernes

References

• “nok,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nok,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German nōch, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz, cognate with Old Norse nógr, gnógr, English enough, German genug.

Determiner

nok (uninflected)

1. enough

Adverb

nok

1. enough
2. probably

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: nok
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: nok
• → Icelandic: nokk
• → Faroese: nokk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: nokk; (dialectal) nøkk, nukk

References

• “nok,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nok,5” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 3

From Low German noch, German noch, from Proto-Germanic *nuh, cognate with Dutch nog and Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷 (nauh).

Adverb

nok

1. yet

References

• “nok,3” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “nok,6” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch nocke. Likely related to English nock and nook; see there for more. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔk/

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• Hyphenation: nok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

nok f (plural nokken, diminutive nokje n)

1. ridge of a roof
2. cam

Derived terms

• nokvol
• nokvorst

 

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: nòk
• → Sranan Tongo: noko
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: noko

Further reading

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “nok1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Garo

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nok (“house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nok/

Noun

nok

1. house
2. classifier for families, households, for what is held in a house.

Derived terms

• nokchaka
• nokdang
• nokdonggaa
• noking
• nokkap
• nokpante

Hlai

Etymology

From Proto-Hlai *C-nok (“monkey”), from Pre-Hlai *C-nok (Norquest, 2015).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hlai, Baoding) IPA^(key): /nok˥/

Noun

nok

1. monkey

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Compare Persian نخود (noxod).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /noːk/
• Rhymes: -oːkˤ

Noun

nok f (Arabic spelling نۆك)

1. chickpea

Declension

Declension of nok

Definite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nok	nok
Construct	noka	nokên
Oblique	nokê	nokan
Demonstrative oblique	wê nokê	wan nokan
Vocative	nokê	nokino
Indefinite feminine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nokek	nokin
Construct	nokeke	nokine
Oblique	nokekê	nokinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “nok”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 422

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German nôch. Compare with Old Norse nógr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔkː/

Adverb

nok

1. enough
2. surely, probably

Derived terms

• riktignok

References

• “nok” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German noch.

Adverb

nok

1. enough

   Du har ikkje nok pengar.

   You don't have enough money.

2. surely, probably

   Eg ser det nok.

   I'll surely see it.

References

• “nok” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali নখ (nokh), from Sanskrit नख (nakha).

Noun

nok

1. nail (on fingers/toes)