मुस्तैद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مستعد (musta'idd), from Arabic مُسْتَعِدّ (mustaʕidd).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊs.t̪ɛːd̪/
• Rhymes: -ɛːd̪

Adjective

मुस्तैद • (mustaid) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مُسْتَعِد)

1. ready, prompt, alert, vigilant, agile

Derived terms

• मुस्तैदी (mustaidī)

Further reading

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “मुस्तैद”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 613
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुस्तैद”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3984
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुस्तैद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 827
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مستعد”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1032
• “मुस्त'इद”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.