مسیت

Baluchi

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian مَسْجِد (masjid) / مزگت (mazget), ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid). Doublet of مسجد (masjid).

Noun

مَسِیتّ • (masītt)

1. (Islam) mosque

References

• Uppsala University (2025) “مسیت”, in Southern Baluchi Dictionary (Webonary) (in Baluchi), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2019.

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), through Classical Persian مسجد (masjid) / مزگت (mazgit). Compare also Indic cognates Old Hindi मसीति (masīti), Old Marathi 𑘦𑘭𑘲𑘝𑘲 (masītī), likely from the same source.

Noun

مَسِیتِ (masīti) f (Gurmukhi ਮਸੀਤਿ)

1. mosque
   • 12th Century, Bābā Farīd Ganj śakar, Bait 194

     فریدا ایسا ہوءِ رہو ، جیسا ککھ مَسِیت

     farīdā aisā ho'i raho , jaisā kakkh masīti

Descendants

• Punjabi: masīt

  Gurmukhi script: ਮਸੀਤ

  Shahmukhi script: مَسِیت

• Saraiki: masīt

  Devanagari script: मसीत

  Multani script: 𑊠𑊥𑊁𑊖 (msit /⁠masīt⁠/)

  Shahmukhi script: مَسِیت

Further reading

• “مسیت”, in Kalam Baba Farid, Bait (or page) 21, 12th Century.
• “مسیت”, in A Descriptive Grammar of Hindko, Panjabi, and Saraiki, volume 4 of Mouton-CASL Grammar Series, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2019, page 80

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic سَجَدَ (sajada)

Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid)bor.

Classical Persian مَسْجِد / مَزْگِت (masjid)der.

Old Punjabi مَسِیتِ (masīti)

Pahari-Potwari مَسِیت (masīt)

First attested as Old Punjabi مَسِیتِ (masīti).Doublet of مَسْجِد (masjid).

Pronunciation

• (phr) IPA^(key): /mə.siːt̪ə̆/

Noun

مسیت (masīt)

1. mosque

Punjabi

FWOTD – 21 August 2023

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic سَجَدَ (sajada)

Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid)bor.

Classical Persian مَسْجِد / مَزْگِت (masjid)der.

Old Punjabi مَسِیتِ (masīti)

Punjabi مَسِیت (masīt)

First attested as Old Punjabi مَسِیتِ (masīti). Compare Marathi मशीद (maśīd) and Marwari मसीद (masīd). Doublet of مَسْجِد (masjid).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mə.siːt̪ə̆/
• Rhymes: -iːt̪
• Hyphenation: مَ‧سِیت

Noun

مَسِیت • (masīt) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਸੀਤ)

1. (Islam) mosque

   Synonyms: مَسجِد (masjid), نَماز گاہ (namāz gāh)

   • 1993, Anvar ʻAlī, Nūrī‎^[1], volume 2, →ISBN, page 100:

     "ایہنوں مسیت وچ وڑݨ نہیں دینا چاہِدا"۔

     ehnūṉ masīt vicc vaṛaṇ nahīṉ denā cāhidā.

     "He musn't be allowed inside the mosque".

Declension

Declension of مسیت

	singular	plural
direct	مَسِیت (masīt)	مَسِیتاں (masītāṉ)
oblique	مَسِیت (masīt)	مَسِیتاں (masītāṉ)
vocative	مَسِیتے (masīte)	مَسِیتو (masīto)
ablative	مَسِیتوں (masītoṉ)	مَسِیتاں (masītāṉ)
locative	مَسِیتی (masītī)	مَسِیتِیں (masītīṉ)
instrumental	مَسِیتِیں (masītīṉ)	مَسِیتے (masīte)

Coordinate terms

• گِرجا (girjā), مَنْدَر (mandar), گُرْدْوارَہ (gurdvārah), عِبادَت گاہ (ʻibādat gāh)

Derived terms

• مَسِیتی (masītī)

References

• “مسیت”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مسِیت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi مَسِیتِ (masīti), from Classical Persian مَسْجِد (masjid), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid). Doublet of مَسْجِد (masjid). Cognate with Marathi मशीद (maśīd), Marwari मसीद (masīd), Punjabi مَسِیت (masīt).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.siːt̪/

Noun

مَسِیت (masīt) f (Devanagari मसीत)

1. (Islam) mosque

Derived terms

• مَسِیتَر (masītar, “a mosque regular”)

References

• “مسیت”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 287