मुस्कान
Hindi
editAlternative forms
edit- मुसकान (muskān)
Etymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editमुस्कान • (muskān) f (Urdu spelling مسکان)
- a smile
Declension
editDeclension of मुस्कान (fem cons-stem)
See also
edit- मुस्कुराना (muskurānā)
- मुस्काना (muskānā)
- मुस्कुराहट (muskurāhaṭ)
Proper noun
editमुस्कान • (muskān) f
- a female given name, Muskan or Muskaan
References
edit- 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
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- Hindi terms inherited from Ashokan Prakrit
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- Hindi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Hindi terms with IPA pronunciation
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