मसरूफ़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَصْرُوف (maṣrūf).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /məs.ɾuːf/, [mɐs.ɾuːf], /məs.ɾuːpʰ/, [mɐs.ɾuːpʰ]

Adjective

मसरूफ़ • (masrūf) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مصروف)

1. busy, occupied, engaged [with में (mẽ) ‘in’]

   Synonyms: मशग़ूल (maśġūl), लगा हुआ (lagā huā), व्यस्त (vyast)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “masrūf”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 797