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نَكْهَة
flavor /ˈnak.hah/
nounB2#4080 most common
Also: taste, aroma, a touch (of something), figuratively
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ الحَلْوَى لَهَا نَكْهَةُ الفَرَاوْلَة.
This candy has strawberry flavor.
مَا هِيَ نَكْهَتُكَ المُفَضَّلَة؟
What is your favorite flavor?
أُحِبُّ نَكْهَةَ الشُّوكُولَاتَة أَكْثَرَ مِنَ الفَانِيلْيَا.
I like the flavor of chocolate more than vanilla.
تُضِيفُ هٰذِهِ التَّوَابِلُ نَكْهَةً مُمَيَّزَةً لِلطَّعَام.
These spices add a distinctive flavor to the food.
لِلْقَهْوَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ نَكْهَةٌ خَاصَّةٌ بِفَضْلِ الهَيْل.
Arabic coffee has a special flavor thanks to cardamom.
أَضَافَتِ الرِّوَايَةُ نَكْهَةً مِنَ الغُمُوضِ جَعَلَتْهَا آسِرَة.
The novel added a touch of mystery that made it captivating.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | نَكْهَةٌ | نَكَهَاتٌ |
| Genitive | نَكْهَةٍ | نَكَهَاتٍ |
| Accusative | نَكْهَةً | نَكَهَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا نَكْهَةُ | يَا نَكَهَاتُ |
Word family
نَكَّهَto flavor, to add flavor to
مُنَكَّهflavored
مُنَكِّهflavoring agent, flavorant
تَنْكِيهthe act of flavoring
نَكَهَto breathe out, to exhale one's breath (classical)
Etymology
نَكْهَة comes from the Arabic root ن-ك-ه, tied to the verb نَكَهَ, which classically meant to breathe out toward someone so they could smell one's breath. The noun first denoted the smell of a person's mouth or breath, a sense old dictionaries still record. Over time its meaning widened to cover taste and aroma in general, and today it is the everyday word for the flavor of food or drink.
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