ਮਸਤ

See also: ਮਸਤੀ

Punjabi

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *matˢtás

Classical Persian مَسْت (mast)bor.

Punjabi ਮਸਤ (masat)

Borrowed from Classical Persian مَسْت (mast). First attested as Old Punjabi ਮਸਤੁ (masatu). Compare Hindi मस्त (mast).

Adjective

ਮਸਤ • (mast) (indeclinable, Shahmukhi spelling مَسْت)

1. intoxicated, inebriated, drunk
2. (figurative) excited, exhilarated
3. (figurative) happy, gay, carefree, indifferent

Derived terms

• ਮਸਤਣਾ (mastaṇā, “be intoxicated”, verb)
• ਮਸਤੇਵਾਂ m (mastevā̃, “intoxication”)

 

Related terms

• ਬਦਮਸਤ (badmast, “intoxicated”, adjective)
• ਮਸਤਾਨਾ (mastānā, “wanton”, adjective)
• ਮਸਤੀ f (mastī, “intoxication”)

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