نکهت

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic نَكْهَة (nakha).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /nak.ˈhat/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [näk.hǽt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [nä.kʰǽt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [nä.kʰǽt̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [nækʲ.hǽt̪]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [näk.hǽt̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	nakhat
Dari reading^?	nakhat
Iranian reading^?	nakhat
Tajik reading^?	nakhat

Noun

نکهت • (nakhat)

breath of air
Synonym: نفس (nafas)
perfume, odour, fragrance
Synonyms: بو (bu), عطر (atr)
- c. 1911, Mohammad Hossein Âğuli Torki-ye Shirâzi, دیوان ترکی شیرازی‎^[1]:
  نافه مشک خطا و عنبر سارا
  نکهتی از موی مشکبار محمد
  nâfe-ye mošk-e xatâ o ambar-e sârâ
  nakhati az mu-ye moškbâr-e mohammad
  The musk gland of Cathay and the pure ambergris
  Are a perfume from the musk-bearing hair of Muhammad.

Descendants

→ Gujarati: નખત (nakhat)