मसहरी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मशकहरी (maśakaharī, literally “mosquito remover”), from मशक (maśaka, “mosquito”) +‎ हरी (harī, “remover”, from हर (hara, “removing”) +‎ -ई (-ī, “doer”)). Cognate with Bengali মশারি (mośari), Assamese মহৰি (mohori), Odia ମସହରୀ (masahari), ମସାରୀ (masāri), Sindhi مَهَآرِي (mahārī).

Noun

मसहरी • (masahrī) f

1. a veil or curtain which can be hung over and around a bed to keep mosquitoes out; a mosquito-net

   Synonym: मच्छरदानी (macchardānī)

Declension

Declension of मसहरी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मसहरी masahrī	मसहरियाँ masahriyā̃
oblique	मसहरी masahrī	मसहरियों masahriyõ
vocative	मसहरी masahrī	मसहरियो masahriyo