مہکانا

Punjabi

Etymology

Punjabi verb set
مَہَکْݨا (mahakṇā)
مَہَکاݨا (mahakāṇā)

Etymology tree

Punjabi مَہَک (mahak)

Punjabi ـاݨا

Punjabi مَہَکاݨا (mahakāṇā)

From مَہَک (mahak, “fragrance”) +‎ ـاݨا (-āṇā), causative of مَہَکْݨا (mahakṇā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mɛɦᵊ.kä.ɳäː/, [mɛː˦.kä.ɳäː]

Verb

مَہکاݨا • (mahkāṇā) (intransitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਮਹਿਕਾਉਣਾ)

1. to make fragrant or aromatic

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مہکاون”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਮਹਿਕਾਉਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024