महक
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, probably from महक्क (mahakka, “wide-spreading fragrance”) or मघ (magha, “a kind of flower”). Compare Gujarati મહેક (mahek).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
महक • (mahak) f (Urdu spelling مہک)
Declension edit
Declension of महक (fem cons-stem)
Derived terms edit
- महकना (mahaknā)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “महक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 791
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “magha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press