मसख़री

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मस्ख़री (masxarī)

Etymology

From मसख़रा (masxarā, “joker, one who jokes”) +‎ -ई (-ī) (compare Persian مسخرگی (masxaragi)). Compare Punjabi ਮਸ਼ਕਰੀ (maśkarī) / مَشکَری (maśkarī), Gujarati મશ્કરી (maśkarī), Marathi मस्करी (maskarī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /məs.xə.ɾiː/, [mɐs.xɐ.ɾiː], /məs.kʰə.ɾiː/, [mɐs.kʰɐ.ɾiː]

Noun

मसख़री • (masxarī) f (Urdu spelling مَسْخَرِی)

1. a joke; joking, laughing

   Synonym: मज़ाक़ (mazāq)

Declension

Declension of मसख़री (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मसख़री masxarī	मसख़रियाँ masxariyā̃
oblique	मसख़री masxarī	मसख़रियों masxariyõ
vocative	मसख़री masxarī	मसख़रियो masxariyo

Derived terms

• मसख़री करना (masxarī karnā)

References

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