मस्करी

Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Arabic مَسْخَرَة (masḵara)^[1] (compare Persian (masxaragi)). Compare Gujarati મશ્કરી (maśkarī), Hindustani مَسْخَرِی (masxarī) / मसख़री (masxarī), Punjabi ਮਸ਼ਕਰੀ (maśkarī) / مَشکَری (maśkarī).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /məs.kə.ɾi/, [məs.kə.ɾiː]

Noun edit

मस्करी • (maskarī) f

joking, teasing

References edit

^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मस्करी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Further reading edit

Berntsen, Maxine, “मस्करी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मस्करी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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