ਮੱਛਰੀ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਮਛਰੀ (machrī)

Noun

ਮੱਛਰੀ • (maccharī) f

1. diminutive of ਮੱਛਰ (macchar, “mosquito”)
2. sandfly

Derived terms

• ਕਾਲੀ ਮੱਛਰੀ f (kālī maccharī, “minute pirate bug”)

Further reading

• “ਮਛਰੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਮੱਛਰੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.