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मानसून

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English monsoon, from Portuguese monção and Dutch moesson, from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim, season), from وَسَمَ (wasama, to mark, to brand). [1][2] Doublet of मौसम (mausam).

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mɑːn.suːn/, [mä̃ːn.sũːn]

Noun

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मानसून (mānsūnm (Urdu spelling مَون سُون)

  1. monsoon
    Synonym: चौमासा (caumāsā)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000 Houghton Mifflin
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “موسم”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.