Hindi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian مصر (misr), from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr), related to Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (mitsráyim). Compare Bengali মিশর (miśôr), Gujarati મિસર (misar), Punjabi ਮਿਸਰ (misar), Odia ମିଶର (miśôrô), Sinhalese මිසරය (misaraya).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɪsɾ/

Proper noun edit

मिस्र (misrm (Urdu spelling مصر)

  1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
  2. (historical) Ancient Egypt

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