मुखर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुखर (mukhará).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊ.kʰəɾ/, [mʊ.kʰɐɾ]

Adjective

मुखर • (mukhar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مکھر)

1. prominent, dominant
   • 2017 December 13, “गुजरात: बनिये का दिमाग़ और मियांभाई की बहादुरी [gujrāt: baniye kā dimāġ aur miyāmbhāī kī bahādurī]”, in BBC Hindi:

     हालांकि इस बार के विधानसभा चुनाव को लेकर कहा जा रहा है कि जाति मुखर होकर सामने आई है.

     hālāṅki is bār ke vidhānasbhā cunāv ko lekar kahā jā rahā hai ki jāti mukhar hokar sāmne āī hai.

     However this time the Legislative Assembly elections are being said to have brought [the issue of] caste to the limelight.

2. talkative, loquacious

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुखर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press