महक

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit, probably from महक्क (mahakka, “wide-spreading fragrance”) or मघ (magha, “a kind of flower”). Compare Gujarati મહેક (mahek).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ɦək/, [mɛ.ɦɛk]

महक • (mahak) f (Urdu spelling مہک)

1. fragrance, scent
2. aroma

• महकना (mahaknā)

• 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