मक्खन

Hindi

Alternative forms

• माखन (mākhan)

Etymology

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

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mək.kʰən/, [mɐk̚.kʰɐ̃n]

Noun

मक्खन • (makkhan) m (Urdu spelling مکھن)

1. butter

Declension

Declension of मक्खन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मक्खन makkhan	मक्खन makkhan
oblique	मक्खन makkhan	मक्खनों makkhanõ
vocative	मक्खन makkhan	मक्खनो makkhano

Related terms

• मुर्ग मक्खनी (murg makkhanī, “butter chicken”)
• माखन-चोर (mākhan-cor, “epithet of Krishna”)

See also

• घी m (ghī)
• नवनी f (navnī)
• नवनीत m (navnīt)
• नैनू (nainū)
• नोनी f (nonī)
• माखन (mākhan)