مکھن

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mək.kʰən/
• Rhymes: -ən
• Hyphenation: مَکْ‧کَھن

Noun

مَکَّھن • (makkhan) m (Hindi spelling मक्खन)

1. butter

   Hypernym: گھی (ghī)

Declension

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

References

• “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