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
- hi:Condiments