مسوڑھا
Urdu
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- مَسُوڑا (masūṛā)
Etymology
[edit]Possibly from Sanskrit *मांसपुटक (māṃsapuṭaka), from मांस (māṃsa) + पुट (puṭa) + -क (-ka).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mə.suː.ɽʱɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: مَ‧سُو‧ڑھا
Noun
[edit]مَسُوڑھا • (masūṛhā) m (Hindi spelling मसूढ़ा)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of مسوڑھا | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | مَسُوڑھا (masūṛhā) | مَسُوڑھے (masūṛhe) | ||||||
| oblique | مَسُوڑھے (masūṛhe) | مَسُوڑھوں (masūṛhõ) | ||||||
| vocative | مَسُوڑھے (masūṛhe) | مَسُوڑھو (masūṛho) | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māṁsapuṭaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
[edit]- “مسوڑھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “مسوڑھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مسوڑها”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 588
- Platts, John T. (1884) “مسوڙها”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1036