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Hindi
Pronunciation
Noun
माखन • (mākhan) m
- (archaic) Alternative form of मक्खन (makkhan, “butter”)
c. 1500,
Surdas,
Sursagar :
- सूनैं भवन कहूँ कॊउ नाहीं, मनु याही कौ राज ।
भाँड़े धरत उधारत मूँदत, दधि माखन कैं काज ॥- sūna͠i bhavan kahū̃ kǒu nāhī̃, manu yāhī kau rāj .
bhā̃ṛe dharat udhārat mū̃dat, dadhi mākhan ka͠i kāj .
- Translation by Rupert Snell
- An empty house, no-one about — as though it were his own realm;
taking the pots, opening, closing … looking for butter and curd!
Declension
Declension of माखन (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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माखन
mākhan
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माखन
mākhan
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| oblique
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माखन
mākhan
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माखनों
mākhanõ
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| vocative
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माखन
mākhan
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माखनो
mākhano
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Derived terms
- माखन-चोर (mākhan-cor, “epithet of Krishna”, literally “butter-thief”) (still in use in Modern Standard Hindi)