मोहक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मोहक (mohaka), from मोह (moha) +‎ -अक (-aka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /moː.ɦək/, [moː.ɦɐk]

Adjective

मोहक • (mohak) (indeclinable)

1. enchanting

Derived terms

• मनमोहक (manmohak, “gorgeous”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मोहक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মোহক (Assamese script)
• ᬫᭀᬳᬓ (Balinese script)
• মোহক (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰺𑰮𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁄𑀳𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• မောဟက (Burmese script)
• મોહક (Gujarati script)
• ਮੋਹਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍋𑌹𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦴꦲꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂷𑂯𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೋಹಕ (Kannada script)
• មោហក (Khmer script)
• ໂມຫກ (Lao script)
• മോഹക (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠣᡥᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘻𑘮𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠣᠸᠠᠾᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧜𑧎𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑑀𑐴𑐎 (Newa script)
• ମୋହକ (Odia script)
• ꢪꣂꢲꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆾𑆲𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖺𑖮𑖎 (Siddham script)
• මොහක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩕𑪂𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚴𑚩𑚊 (Takri script)
• மோஹக (Tamil script)
• మోహక (Telugu script)
• โมหก (Thai script)
• མོ་ཧ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒼𑒯𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨆𑨱𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

मोह (moha) +‎ -अक (-aka), from the root मुह् (muh).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐw.ɦɐ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /moː.ɦɐ.kɐ/

Adjective

मोहक • (mohaka) stem

1. bewildering, infatuating

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मोहक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मोहकः (mohakaḥ)	मोहकौ (mohakau) मोहका¹ (mohakā¹)	मोहकाः (mohakāḥ) मोहकासः¹ (mohakāsaḥ¹)
vocative	मोहक (mohaka)	मोहकौ (mohakau) मोहका¹ (mohakā¹)	मोहकाः (mohakāḥ) मोहकासः¹ (mohakāsaḥ¹)
accusative	मोहकम् (mohakam)	मोहकौ (mohakau) मोहका¹ (mohakā¹)	मोहकान् (mohakān)
instrumental	मोहकेन (mohakena)	मोहकाभ्याम् (mohakābhyām)	मोहकैः (mohakaiḥ) मोहकेभिः¹ (mohakebhiḥ¹)
dative	मोहकाय (mohakāya)	मोहकाभ्याम् (mohakābhyām)	मोहकेभ्यः (mohakebhyaḥ)
ablative	मोहकात् (mohakāt)	मोहकाभ्याम् (mohakābhyām)	मोहकेभ्यः (mohakebhyaḥ)
genitive	मोहकस्य (mohakasya)	मोहकयोः (mohakayoḥ)	मोहकानाम् (mohakānām)
locative	मोहके (mohake)	मोहकयोः (mohakayoḥ)	मोहकेषु (mohakeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Feminine ā-stem declension of मोहका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मोहका (mohakā)	मोहके (mohake)	मोहकाः (mohakāḥ)
vocative	मोहके (mohake)	मोहके (mohake)	मोहकाः (mohakāḥ)
accusative	मोहकाम् (mohakām)	मोहके (mohake)	मोहकाः (mohakāḥ)
instrumental	मोहकया (mohakayā) मोहका¹ (mohakā¹)	मोहकाभ्याम् (mohakābhyām)	मोहकाभिः (mohakābhiḥ)
dative	मोहकायै (mohakāyai)	मोहकाभ्याम् (mohakābhyām)	मोहकाभ्यः (mohakābhyaḥ)
ablative	मोहकायाः (mohakāyāḥ) मोहकायै² (mohakāyai²)	मोहकाभ्याम् (mohakābhyām)	मोहकाभ्यः (mohakābhyaḥ)
genitive	मोहकायाः (mohakāyāḥ) मोहकायै² (mohakāyai²)	मोहकयोः (mohakayoḥ)	मोहकानाम् (mohakānām)
locative	मोहकायाम् (mohakāyām)	मोहकयोः (mohakayoḥ)	मोहकासु (mohakāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Neuter a-stem declension of मोहक

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मोहकम् (mohakam)	मोहके (mohake)	मोहकानि (mohakāni) मोहका¹ (mohakā¹)
vocative	मोहक (mohaka)	मोहके (mohake)	मोहकानि (mohakāni) मोहका¹ (mohakā¹)
accusative	मोहकम् (mohakam)	मोहके (mohake)	मोहकानि (mohakāni) मोहका¹ (mohakā¹)
instrumental	मोहकेन (mohakena)	मोहकाभ्याम् (mohakābhyām)	मोहकैः (mohakaiḥ) मोहकेभिः¹ (mohakebhiḥ¹)
dative	मोहकाय (mohakāya)	मोहकाभ्याम् (mohakābhyām)	मोहकेभ्यः (mohakebhyaḥ)
ablative	मोहकात् (mohakāt)	मोहकाभ्याम् (mohakābhyām)	मोहकेभ्यः (mohakebhyaḥ)
genitive	मोहकस्य (mohakasya)	मोहकयोः (mohakayoḥ)	मोहकानाम् (mohakānām)
locative	मोहके (mohake)	मोहकयोः (mohakayoḥ)	मोहकेषु (mohakeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मोहक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 836.