یک مشت

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یک مشت (yak mušt), By surface analysis, یک (yak, “one”) +‎ مشت (muśt, “fist; handful”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jək mʊʃt̪/

Adjective

یَک مُشْت • (yak muśt) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling यकमुश्त)

1. handful, fistful

   Synonym: ایک مٹھا (aik muṭṭhā)

2. lumpsum

Further reading

• “yak-musht”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.