मुख़्तसर

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مختصر (muxtasar), from Arabic مُخْتَصَر (muḵtaṣar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊx.t̪ə.səɾ/, [mʊx.t̪ɐ.sɐɾ], /mʊkʰ.t̪ə.səɾ/, [mʊkʰ.t̪ɐ.sɐɾ]

Adjective

मुख़्तसर • (muxtasar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مختصر)

1. abbreviated, abridged, brief

   Synonym: संक्षिप्त (saṅkṣipt)

2. small, less

   Synonyms: थोड़ा (thoṛā), अल्प (alp)

Further reading

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