मसख़री
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- मस्ख़री (masxarī)
Etymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editमसख़री • (masxarī) f (Urdu spelling مَسْخَرِی)
Declension
editDeclension of मसख़री (fem ī-stem)
Derived terms
edit- मसख़री करना (masxarī karnā)
References
edit- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मसख़री”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press