to express mirth, pleasure, derision or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usu. accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements; to laugh.

to have or take on a facial expression showing usu. pleasure, amusement, affection, friendliness, etc.; to smile.

to be light-hearted, cheerful, happy.

to make fun of; to deride; to ridicule; to laugh at.

(a flower) to blow up; to expand.

the act or sound of laughing; an instance of laughing; laugh; laughter.

the act or an instance of smiling.

light-heartedness; cheerfulness; happiness.

a deriding or being derided; contempt; ridicule; derision.

the act of a flower blooming.

the cardinal number four; 4.

amounting to four in number.

(in comp.) not many; a small number of; few.

the soil carried away by ants in digging their underground nest, heaped in a mound around its entrance, in which usu. snakes live; an ant-hill.

a thin, horny plate, consisting of modified epidermis, growing on the upper side of the end of a finger or toe; a nail.

a sharp, usu. curved, nail on the foot of an animal, as on a cat, dog or bird; a claw.

the horny covering protecting the ends of the digits or encasing the foot in certain animals, as the ox and horse; a hoof.

a kind of perfume.

a kind of plant (Unguis odoratus ?).

(arith.) a symbol for the number twenty.

ನಖ ಬಣ್ಣವ ಕಾಣು nakha baṇṇava kāṇu (a girl) to have menstrual period; to undergo menstruation; ನಖಮಾಂಸ ಪ್ರೀತಿ nakha māmsa prīti a very close, intimate association; ನಖಮಾಂಸ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ nakha māmsa sthiti = ನಖಮಾಂಸ ಪ್ರೀತಿ.

= ನಕ್ಕೆಚಿಕ್ಕನಾಕು.

a positive assurance; guarantee.

= ನಖ - 4.

a large ocean-going vessel propelled by usu. engines; a ship.