Where does “nuqta” come from?
nuqta (English) comes from Urdu نقطہ, from Classical Persian نقطه, from Arabic نُقْطَة — dot, point.
nuqta (English): A diacritic used in the Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and...
Definitions
- A diacritic used in the Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and...
Ancestry of “nuqta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Urdu | نقطہ | nuqta; point; dot |
| 2 | Classical Persian | نقطه | — |
| 3 | Arabic | نُقْطَة | dot, point |