मंजूषा

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मञ्जूषा (mañjūṣā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mən.d͡ʒuː.ʂɑː/, [mɐ̃n.d͡ʒuː.ʃäː]

Noun

मंजूषा • (mañjūṣā) f (Urdu spelling منجوشا) (formal)

1. a box, chest, case, basket

   Synonyms: बक्सा (baksā), बकस (bakas), डब्बा (ḍabbā), पेटी (peṭī)

2. a stone

   Synonyms: प्रस्तर (prastar), पत्थर (patthar)

Declension

Declension of मंजूषा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मंजूषा mañjūṣā	मंजूषाएँ mañjūṣāẽ
oblique	मंजूषा mañjūṣā	मंजूषाओं mañjūṣāõ
vocative	मंजूषा mañjūṣā	मंजूषाओ mañjūṣāo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मंजूषा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “मंजूषा”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मंजूषा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press