Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Prakrit मक्खण (makkhaṇa), from Sanskrit म्रक्षण (mrakṣaṇa).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

مَکَّھن (makkhanm (Hindi spelling मक्खन)

  1. butter
    Hypernym: گھی (ghī)

Declension edit

Declension of مکھن
singular plural
direct مکھن (makkhan) مکھن (makkhan)
oblique مکھن (makkhan) مکھنوں (makkhanō̃)
vocative مکھن (makkhan) مکھنو (makkhanō)

References edit

  • مکھن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • مکھن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press