مہک

Urdu

Etymology

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    Sanskrit मघ (magha)?
    Urdu مَہَک (mahak)

    Possibly from Sanskrit मघ (magha).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    مَہَک • (mahak) f (Hindi spelling महक)

    1. fragrance (of a flower etc.)
    2. perfume, scent
    3. aroma
    4. (figuratively) effect

    Declension

    Declension of مہک
    singular plural
    direct مَہَک (mahak) مَہَکیں (mahakẽ)
    oblique مَہَک (mahak) مَہَکوں (mahakõ)
    vocative مَہَک (mahak) مَہَکو (mahako)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “magha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

    Further reading

    • “مہک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • “مہک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “مہكنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 624
    • Platts, John T. (1884), “مہك”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1100
    • Fallon, S. W. (1879), “مـﮩـک”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1139
    • John Shakespear (1834), “مـﮩک”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1720
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