मुसलमान

See also: मुसलमांन

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مسلمان (musalmān), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim). Compare Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān) / مُسلمان (muslmān), Gujarati મુસલમાન (musalmān), Marathi मुसलमान (musalmān), Bengali মুসলমান (musolman). First attested as Old Hindi मुसलमांन (musalamā̃na).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mʊ.səl.mɑːn/, [mʊ.sɐl.mä̃ːn]

Noun

मुसलमान • (musalmān) m (Urdu spelling مُسَلْمَان)

1. a Muslim

   Synonym: मुस्लिम (muslim)

Declension

Declension of मुसलमान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुसलमान musalmān	मुसलमान musalmān
oblique	मुसलमान musalmān	मुसलमानों musalmānõ
vocative	मुसलमान musalmān	मुसलमानो musalmāno

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مسلمان (musalmān). Compare Gujarati મુસલમાન (musalmān), Hindustani مُسَلْمَان (musalmān) / मुसलमान (musalmān), Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān) / مُسلمان (muslmān), Bengali মুসলমান (musloman).

Noun

मुसलमान • (musalmān) m

1. a Muslim

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मुसलमान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुसलमान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मुसलमान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).