मुस्टंडा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मुश्टंडा (muśṭaṇḍā), मुष्टंडा (muṣṭaṇḍā)

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly मस्तान "drunkard, rogue, thug" contaminated by गुंडा "thug".

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mʊs.ʈəɳ.ɖɑː/, [mʊs.ʈɐ̃ɳ.ɖäː]

Adjective

मुस्टंडा • (musṭaṇḍā)

1. tough, sturdy (of a person)

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Noun

मुस्टंडा • (musṭaṇḍā) m

1. thug, goon

   Synonyms: बदमाश (badmāś), गुंडा (guṇḍā)

Declension

Declension of मुस्टंडा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मुस्टंडा musṭaṇḍā	मुस्टंडे musṭaṇḍe
oblique	मुस्टंडे musṭaṇḍe	मुस्टंडों musṭaṇḍõ
vocative	मुस्टंडे musṭaṇḍe	मुस्टंडो musṭaṇḍo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मुस्टंडा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुस्टंडा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha