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नथना nathnā[nath, q.v.+nā= lā= Prk. अलओ=S. ल+कः], s.m. A nostril;—a large ring for the nose:—nathnoṅ-meṅtīr ḍālnā(with gen.), To pierce (one's) nostrils with an arrow:—nathnoṅ-meṅdam ānāor ā-jānā(mere, or us-ke), 'The breath to come into (one's) nostrils,' to be worried, or plagued, or harassed:—nathne phulāna, or nathne ćaṛhānā, To distend, or to turn up, the nostrils; to be enraged, or displeased:—prāṇ(merāor kisī-kā) nathnoṅ-tak ā-jānā, 'The soul to come as far as the nostrils'; to be ready to drop, or faint, or die (from exhaustion, or worry, etc.); to be worried to death, to be sorely tried.
Origin: Hindi