Konkani

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Classical Persian مَسجِد (masjid). Cognate to Marathi मशीद (maśīd) and Hindi मस्जिद (masjid).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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मशिद (maśid) (Latin script moxid, Kannada script ಮಶಿದ್)

  1. (Islam) a mosque
    Synonym: पळ्ळि (paḷḷi)

References

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  • Angelus Francis Xavier Maffei (1883) An English-Konkani Dictionary: And A Konkani-English Dictionary[1], Mangalore: Basel Mission Press, page 314