মস্করা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْخَرَة (masḵara, “laughing stock”). Cognate with Hindi मसख़रा (masxarā), Gujarati મશ્કરા (maśkarā), Punjabi ਮਸਖ਼ਰਾ (masxarā), Marathi मस्करा (maskarā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /mɔʃkɔɾa/, [ˈmɔʃkɔɾaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /mɔʃkɔɹa/, [ˈmɔʃkɔɹaˑ]

Noun

মস্করা • (moskora)

1. joke, jest, buffoonery

Derived terms

• মস্করা করা (moskora kora)