मशाल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْعَل (mašʕal). Compare Assamese মহলা (mohola), Bengali মশাল (mośal), Marathi मशाल (maśāl), Odia ମଶାଲ (môśalô), Punjabi ਮਸਾਲ (masāl), Sindhi مَشْعَلُ (maś'alu).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.ʃɑːl/, [mɐ.ʃäːl]

Noun

मशाल • (maśāl) f (Urdu spelling مشعل)

1. torch, flare

   Synonym: टॉर्च (ṭŏrc)

Declension

Declension of मशाल (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मशाल maśāl	मशालें maśālẽ
oblique	मशाल maśāl	मशालों maśālõ
vocative	मशाल maśāl	मशालो maśālo

References

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