मुस्कान

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मुसकान (muskān)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀫𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁆- (*muss-, “smile, sob”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from Sanskrit मुस्र (musra, “a tear”), possibly further from अश्रु (aśru, “a tear”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mʊs.kɑːn/, [mʊs.kä̃ːn]

Noun

मुस्कान • (muskān) f (Urdu spelling مسکان)

1. a smile

Declension

Declension of मुस्कान (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुस्कान muskān	मुस्कानें muskānẽ
oblique	मुस्कान muskān	मुस्कानों muskānõ
vocative	मुस्कान muskān	मुस्कानो muskāno

See also

• मुस्कुराना (muskurānā)
• मुस्काना (muskānā)
• मुस्कुराहट (muskurāhaṭ)

Proper noun

मुस्कान • (muskān) f

1. a female given name, Muskan or Muskaan

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “मुस्कान”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुस्कान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Monier Williams (1899) “मुस्कान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 824.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muss”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press