मक्खन
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Hindi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- माखन (mākhan)
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan (whence Punjabi ਮੱਖਣ (makkhaṇ)), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀡 (makkhaṇa), from Sanskrit म्रक्षण (mrakṣaṇa). Largely displaced native माखन (mākhan) outside of the expression माखन-चोर (mākhan-cor), an epithet of Krishna.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
मक्खन • (makkhan) m (Urdu spelling مکھن)
Declension[edit]
Declension of मक्खन (masc cons-stem)
Related terms[edit]
- मुर्ग मक्खनी (murg makkhanī, “butter chicken”)
- माखन-चोर (mākhan-cor, “epithet of Krishna”)
See also[edit]
Categories:
- Hindi terms borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
- Hindi terms derived from Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages
- Hindi terms derived from Prakrit
- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hindi lemmas
- Hindi nouns
- Hindi masculine nouns
- Hindi masculine consonant-stem nouns
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