مسکان
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Punjabi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit *𑀫𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁆- (*muss-, “smile, sob”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Pakistan) IPA(key): /mʊs.käːɳ/, [mʊsᵊ.kä̃ːɳᵊ]
- (India) IPA(key): /mʊs.käːn/, [mʊsᵊ.kä̃ːnᵊ]
- Hyphenation: مُس‧کاݨ
Noun
[edit]مُسْکاݨ • (muskāṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਸਕਾਨ)
- a smile; smirk
- Synonym: مُسْکَراہَٹ (muskarāhaṭ)
- 2009, Imran Khan (lyrics and music), “Bounce Billo”, in Unforgettable:
- مٹھی مسکاݨ تیری، چمکݨ تیرے موتی دند
- miṭṭhī muskāṇ terī, camkaṇ tere motī dand
- Your sweet smile, shine your pearl-like teeth
- (Units of measure) a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres)[1]
Declension
[edit]| Declension of مسکان | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | مُسْکاݨ (muskāṇ) | |
| dir. pl. | مُسْکاݨاں (muskāṇāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | مُسْکاݨ (muskāṇ) | مُسْکاݨاں (muskāṇāṉ) |
| oblique | مُسْکاݨ (muskāṇ) | مُسْکاݨاں (muskāṇāṉ) |
| vocative | مُسْکاݨے (muskāṇe) | مُسْکاݨو (muskāṇo) |
| ablative | مُسْکاݨوں (muskāṇoṉ) | مُسْکاݨاں (muskāṇāṉ) |
| locative | مُسْکاݨے (muskāṇe) | مُسْکاݨِیں (muskāṇīṉ) |
| instrumental | مُسْکاݨِیں (muskāṇīṉ) | مُسْکاݨے (muskāṇe) |
Further reading
[edit]- ^ Oxford Punjabi Dictionary
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مُسکان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਮੁਸਕਾਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*muss”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 834
Categories:
- Punjabi terms inherited from Prakrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Prakrit
- Punjabi terms extended with Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓-
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi nouns
- Punjabi nouns in Shahmukhi script
- Punjabi feminine nouns
- Punjabi terms with quotations
- Punjabi nouns with declension
- pa:Facial expressions
- pa:Units of measure