मसख़री
Hindi
Alternative forms
- मस्ख़री (masxarī)
Etymology
From मसख़रा (masxarā, “joker, one who jokes”) + -ई (-ī) (compare Persian مسخرگی (masxaragi)). Compare Punjabi ਮਸ਼ਕਰੀ (maśkarī) / مَشکَری (maśkarī), Gujarati મશ્કરી (maśkarī), Marathi मस्करी (maskarī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /məs.xə.ɾiː/, [mɐs.xɐ.ɾiː], /məs.kʰə.ɾiː/, [mɐs.kʰɐ.ɾiː]
Noun
मसख़री • (masxarī) f (Urdu spelling مَسْخَرِی)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मसख़री masxarī |
मसख़रियाँ masxariyā̃ |
| oblique | मसख़री masxarī |
मसख़रियों masxariyõ |
| vocative | मसख़री masxarī |
मसख़रियो masxariyo |
Derived terms
- मसख़री करना (masxarī karnā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मसख़री”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press