महक
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, probably from महक्क (mahakka, “wide-spreading fragrance”) or मघ (magha, “a kind of flower”). Compare Gujarati મહેક (mahek).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
महक • (mahak) f (Urdu spelling مہک)
Declension[edit]
Declension of महक (fem cons-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
- महकना (mahaknā)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “महक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 791
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “magha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press