‘નાક કાપવું’ એટલે કે શોભા-આબરૂ ઓછી કરવી. કલંક લગાડવું.

‘nāka kāpavuṁ’ ēṭalē kē śōbhā-ābarū ōchī karavī. kalaṁka lagāḍavuṁ.

બૃહદ કહેવત કથાસાગર (Bruhad Kahevat Kathasagar) (1920) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · awaiting its meaning

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