Arabic for fragrance

nakha
ﻧَﻜﻬَﺔ
fragrance – feminine singular

The Arabic word for fragrance is pronounced nakha and written ﻧَﻜﻬَﺔ.

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Part of speech: noun. Pattern: verbal noun

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Important letters:
The root of the word fragrance consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written and pronounced n, kaf that is written and pronounced k and ha that is written and pronounced h. Words with the same root letters are often related.

The letters of fragrance

ﻧَﻜﻬَﺔ
ﻧـ
ـﻜـ
ـﻬـ
ـﺔ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻜـ
ـﻬـ
ـﺔ
 
ﻧـ
ـﻨـ
ـﻦ
ﻛـ
ـﻜـ
ـﻚ
ﻫـ
ـﻬـ
ـﻪ
ـﺔ
 
nun
n
kaf
k
ha
h
ta marbuta
 
 
The Arabic word for fragrance consists of: The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ﻧـ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter kaf that is written ﻙ ( here ـﻜـ ) and pronounced k and is a part of the root of the word. The letter ha that is written ﻩ ( here ـﻬـ ) and pronounced h and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ta marbuta that is written ﺓ ( here ـﺔ ) and pronounced . Therefore, the word is writen ﻧَﻜﻬَﺔ and pronounced nakha.
Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for fragrance

fa3la becomes nakha

We have seen that the Arabic word for fragrance is written ﻧَﻜﻬَﺔ and pronounced nakha. It follows the pattern verbal noun form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3la where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3la and the root letters are n, k and h, the word becomes nakha.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns

Words with the same pattern as fragrance