नखरा nakhrā

नख़रा naḵẖarā naḳḥra: (nm) coquetry; flirtatious airs, airs and graces; —तिल्ला coquetry, coquette; नख़रेबाज़ coquetish; नख़रेबाज़ी coquette, coquetry; नख़रे दिखाना, नख़रे करना to coquet.

नख़रा naḵẖrā [P. naḵẖrā̆], m. 1. flirtatious airs or mannerisms. 2. airs (of pride, disdain); affectation. 3. whimsical behaviour. 4. sham, pretence. — ~ करना, or बघारना, or लाना, to flirt; to show affectation, &c.; to put on a sham or show. – नख़रा-तिल्ला, m. = , ~ 1.-3. नख़रेबाज़ [P. -bāz], adj. & m., f. flirtatious; affected, &c.; given to pretence; a flirtatious person, &c. ˚ई, f. flirtatiousness, &c.

P نخرا naḵẖrā = P نخره naḵẖra s.m. Trick, artifice; deceit; sham, pretence; joke, waggery; feminine airs or blandishments; affectation; coquetry; prudery; flirting, &c.; — lofty or disdainful airs, swagger: — naḵẖra-bāz, vulg. naḵẖre-bāz, adj. & s.m. & f. Pretending, shamming; — affected; coquettish, prudish; — pompous, conceited, vain; — a pretender, shammer; an affected person; a prude; a coquette, a flirt; — a pompous person, &c.: — naḵẖra-bāzī, vulg. naḵẖre-bāzī, s.f. Affectation, airs; coquetry, prudery; — pomposity, &c.: — naḵẖre-pīṭī, adj. = naḵẖra-bāz, q.v.: — naḵẖra-tillā, s.m. Affectation; coquetry; blandishments; airs, &c.: — naḵẖra lānā, or naḵẖra baghārnā, To pretend, to sham; — to practise affectation; to show airs.