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مہک

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Urdu

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Etymology

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    Possibly from Sanskrit मघ (magha).[1]

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    مَہَک (mahakf (Hindi spelling महक)

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

    Declension

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

    References

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

    Further reading

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    • 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
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “مـﮩـک”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 1139
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      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