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From Middle English finger neil(e); equivalent to finger + nail. Compare Middle English nayl of fynger (“fingernail”) and Old English handnæġl (“fingernail”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fingernail (“fingernail”), West Frisian fingerneil (“fingernail”), Dutch vingernagel (“fingernail”), German Fingernagel (“fingernail”), Danish fingernegl (“fingernail”), Swedish fingernagel (“fingernail”), Norwegian fingernegl (“fingernail”), Icelandic fingurnögl (“fingernail”).
fingernail (plural fingernails)
- The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
covering near the tip of finger
- Abkhaz: анапхыц (anapʼxəc)
- Afrikaans: nael (af), vingernael
- Ainu: アㇺ (am)
- Albanian: thua (sq) f
- Amharic: ጥፍር (ṭəfr)
- Arabic: ظُفْر (ar) m (ẓufr)
- Gulf Arabic: ظِفِر (ẓifir)
- Armenian: եղունգ (hy) (eġung)
- Assamese: নখ (nokh)
- Asturian: uña (ast) f
- Avar: малъ (malˢ)
- Aymara: sillu
- Azerbaijani: dırnaq (az)
- Bashkir: тырнаҡ (tırnaq)
- Belarusian: пазно́гаць m (paznóhacʹ), но́гаць m (nóhacʹ)
- Bengali: নখ (bn) (nokh)
- Bulgarian: но́кът (bg) m (nókǎt)
- Burmese: လက်သည်း (my) (laksany:)
- Buryat: хюмһан (xjumhan)
- Carpathian Rusyn: нохоть m (noxotʹ)
- Catalan: ungla (ca) f
- Chakma: 𑄚𑄮𑄇𑄴 (nok)
- Chechen: мӏара (mˀara)
- Chichewa: khadabo
- Chickasaw: ilbakchosh
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 指甲 (zi2 gaap3), 手指甲 (sau2 zi2 gaap3)
- Dungan: зыҗя (zɨži͡a), җиҗя (žiži͡a), зыҗягэзы (zɨži͡agezɨ), зыҗягэр (zɨži͡ager)
- Eastern Min: 掌甲 (ciēng-gák)
- Gan: 指甲 (ziit6 gat)
- Hokkien: 掌甲 (chéng-kah)
- Jin: 指甲 (zeh4 jiah4)
- Mandarin: 指甲 (zh) (zhǐjia), 手指甲 (zh) (shǒuzhǐjia)
- Wu: 手節掐 / 手节掐 (5seu-ciq-khaq)
- Xiang: 指甲子 (zhr6 ga6 zr)
- Chuvash: чӗрне (čĕrne)
- Classical Nahuatl: iztetl
- Crimean Tatar: tırnak
- Czech: nehet (cs) m
- Danish: negl (da) c, fingernegl (da) c
- Dolgan: тыҥырак
- Dutch: vingernagel (nl) m, nagel (nl) m
- Egyptian: (ꜥnt f), (ꜣb m)
- Erzya: кенже (kenže)
- Estonian: küüs (et)
- Finnish: sormen kynsi, sormenkynsi
- Franco-Provençal: ongla f
- French: ongle (fr) m, ongle de main m
- Gagauz: tırnak
- Galician: uña (gl) f, unlla (gl) f
- Georgian: ფრჩხილი (ka) (prčxili)
- German: Fingernagel (de) m
- Greek: νύχι (el) n (nýchi)
- Ancient Greek: ὄνυξ m (ónux)
- Guaraní: poapen
- Gujarati: નખ (gu) m (nakh)
- Hausa: farce
- Hawaiian: maiʻao
- Hebrew: ציפורן \ צִפֹּרֶן (he) (tsipóren)
- Hindi: नाख़ुन m (nāxun)
- Hungarian: köröm (hu)
- Icelandic: nögl (is) f, fingurnögl f
- Indonesian: kuku (id)
- Ingush: мӏара (mˀara)
- Irish: ionga méire f
- Italian: unghia (it) f
- Japanese: 爪 (ja) (つめ, tsume), ツメ (tsume)
- Kalmyk: хумсн (xumsn)
- Kannada: ಉಗುರು (kn) (uguru)
- Kapampangan: kuku
- Karachay-Balkar: тырнакъ (tırnaq)
- Karakalpak: tırnaq
- Karelian: kynzi
- Kashubian: paznokc m, nokc m
- Kazakh: тырнақ (kk) (tyrnaq)
- Khakas: тырғах (tırğax)
- Khmer: ក្រចកដៃ (krɑcɑɑk day), ក្រចក (km) (krɑcɑɑk)
- Korean: 손톱 (ko) (sontop)
- Koryak: вагылӈын (vagəlŋən)
- Kumyk: тырнакъ (tırnaq)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: نینۆک (ckb) (nînok)
- Northern Kurdish: nînok (ku) f
- Kyrgyz: тырмак (ky) (tırmak)
- Lao: ເລັບມື (lep mư̄)
- Latgalian: nogs m
- Latin: unguis m
- Latvian: nags (lv) m
- Linngithigh: a'alan
- Luhya: litere
- Luxembourgish: Fangernol m
- Macedonian: нокт (mk) m (nokt)
- Malay: kuku (ms)
- Malayalam: നഖം (ml) (nakhaṁ)
- Manchu: ᡥᡳᡨᠠᡥᡡᠨ (hitahūn), ᡤᠠᠯᠠ
ᡥᡠᡵᡠ (gala huru)
- Maori: kuku, maikuku
- Marathi: नख (mr) (nakh)
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: кӱч (küč)
- Mokilese: kikin poa
- Moksha: кенже (kenže)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: хумс (mn) (xums)
- Mongolian: ᠬᠢᠮᠤᠰᠤ (kimusu)
- Muak Sa-aak: p.sim³
- Mundurukú: ibunũ
- Navajo: áláshgaan
- Nepali: नङ (naṅ)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: fingernegl m
- Nynorsk: fingernagl m
- Odia: ନଖ (or) (nakha)
- Ojibwe: (my fingernail) nishlanzh
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: ногъть m (nogŭtĭ)
- Glagolitic: ⱀⱁⰳⱏⱅⱐ m (nogŭtĭ)
- Old East Slavic: пазногъть m (paznogŭtĭ), ногъть m (nogŭtĭ)
- Old English: næġl m (finger- or toenail)
- Old Polish: nogieć m
- Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰺𐰭𐰴 (t¹ir¹ŋq /tïrŋaq/)
- Ossetian: ных (nyx)
- Ottoman Turkish: طرناق (tırnaq), درنق (dırnaq)
- Pannonian Rusyn: нохец m (noxec)
- Pashto: نوک (ps) m (nuk)
- Persian:
- Dari: نَاخُن (nāxun)
- Iranian Persian: ناخُن (nâxon)
- Pirahã: xopói
- Pitjantjatjara: maṟa piri, miltji
- Polabian: nüďit m
- Polish: paznokieć (pl) m
- Portuguese: unha (pt) f
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਨਹੁੰ m (nahũ), ਨਾਖ਼ੁਨ m (nāxun)
- Shahmukhi: نَون٘ہہ m (nauṉh), ناخُن m (nāxun)
- Quechua: sillu
- Rapa Nui: akikuku
- Romanian: unghie (ro) f
- Russian: но́готь (ru) m (nógotʹ), но́гти (ru) m pl (nógti)
- Sanskrit: नख (sa) (nakha)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: но̏кат m
- Roman: nȍkat (sh) m
- Shor: тырбақ (tırbaq)
- Slovak: necht (sk) m
- Slovene: noht (sl) m inan
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: nokś m
- Upper Sorbian: nochć m
- Southern Altai: тырмак (tïrmak)
- Spanish: uña (es) f
- Sranan Tongo: nangra
- Sundanese: tanggai
- Swahili: kucha (sw)
- Swedish: fingernagel (sv) m, nagel (sv) m
- Tagalog: kuko
- Tajik: нохун (tg) (noxun)
- Tamil: விரல் நகம் (viral nakam), நகம் (ta) (nakam)
- Taos: mą̏cʼélena
- Tarifit: iššar m, aššar m
- Tatar: тырнак (tt) (tırnaq)
- Telugu: గోరు (te) (gōru), నఖము (te) (nakhamu)
- Thai: เล็บมือ (lép-mʉʉ)
- Tigrinya: ጽፍሪ (ṣəfri)
- Turkish: tırnak (tr)
- Turkmen: dyrnak
- Tuvan: дыргак (dırgak)
- Ukrainian: ні́готь m (níhotʹ)
- Urdu: ناخُن m (nāxun)
- Uyghur: تىرناق (tirnaq)
- Uzbek: tirnoq (uz)
- Vietnamese: móng (vi), móng tay
- Volapük: doatanuel
- Welsh: ewin (y llaw) m
- Woiwurrung: dhirrip
- Yakut: тыҥырах (tıñıraq)
- Yami: koko
- Yiddish: נאָגל m (nogl)
- Zealandic: naegel m
- Zulu: uzipho (zu) class 11/10
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