s. m, Corrupted from the Sanskrit word Náská. The nose; met. a conspicuous or prominent person or thing; honour, grace:—nakk áuṉá, bahṉá, wahiṉá, v. n. To flow (mucus from the nose):—nakk baiṭh jáṉá, baiṭhṉá, v. n. To be flattened (one's nose):—nakk chaṛháuṉá, waṭṭṉá, v. n. To turn up one's nose; to spurn; to look angry:—nakk chaṛhá, a. Having a bad temper, angry, fretful, ill-tempered; passionate,:—nakk dí sedh, a. Straight as an arrow; c. w jáṉá:—nakk ḍob ke marná, v. n. lit. To die of dipping nose in water; met. to be ashamed:—nakko nakk bharṉá, v. n. To stuff, to cram:—nakk ragaṛṉá, v. n. To rub one's nose against the ground; to lick the dust; to bescech very humbly:—nakk rakkh laiṉá, v. a. To preserve one's honour:—nakk súṉkaṉá, v. n. To blow one's nose:—nakk sútwáṇ, s. m. A long thin nose:—nakk te makkhí ná baiṭhṉe deṉí, v. a. lit. Not to allow a fly to sit on the nose; met. to be proud, to be conceited:—nakk waḍḍhá, kaṭá, waḍḍho, s. m. f., a. Having the nose cut off; a person whose nose is cut; an immodest, shameless person:—nakk waḍḍhiá jáṉá, v. n. To be cut off one's nose; met. to be disgraced:—nakk waḍḍṉá, v. a. To cut off one's nose; met, to disgrace one:—nakk wichch dam liáuṉá, v. a. met. To tease, to persecute to reduce to extremities:—nakk wálá, wálí, s. m. f. A honourable man; a person of rank:—nakk wichch bolṉá, v. n. To speak through the nose:—nakk wichch dam áuṉá, v. n. To be worried, to be harassed:—dál roṭí kháh te nakk dí sedhe jáh. Eat simple food (lit. pulse and bread), and follow your nose.—Prov. used to show economy in expenses:—bajár, shahar or ghar dí nakk, s. m. The best portion of a bazar, house or town.