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Nikhat
نکہتSay it NIK-hut
Nikhat meaning
Nikhat (نکہت) is a Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin (Urdu usage).
The smell of the breath; anything fragrant; perfume, odour
Also used to mean: fragrance, scent
Nikhat (نکہت) is the Urdu form of Arabic nakha. Lane's lexicon defines nakha narrowly as the odour of the mouth, and Platts's Urdu dictionary shows how the sense widened: first the smell of the breath, then anything fragrant, perfume or scent. In Urdu poetry nikhat is the fragrance of flowers or of the beloved, as in nikhat-e-gul, the scent of the rose. Name lists give Nikhat as "fragrance", the Urdu sense. A prominent bearer is the boxer Nikhat Zareen from Telangana, a world champion.
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 1149 · entry nak'hat (نکہت) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, Urdu Dictionary, nak'hat, p. 1149 · Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, nakha, p. 3038 · Wikipedia, Nikhat Zareen
Famous namesakes
- Nikhat Zareen, Indian boxer and world champion
Spellings
Nikhat · Nighat · Nikhath · Nekhat