मसहरी
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit मशकहरी (maśakaharī, literally “mosquito remover”), from मशक (maśaka, “mosquito”) + हरी (harī, “remover”, from हर (hara, “removing”) + -ई (-ī, “doer”)). Cognate with Bengali মশারি (mośari), Assamese মহৰি (mohori), Odia ମସହରୀ (môsôhôri), ମସାରୀ (môsari), Sindhi مَهَآرِي (mahārī).
Noun[edit]
मसहरी • (masahrī) f
- a veil or curtain which can be hung over and around a bed to keep mosquitoes out; a mosquito-net
- Synonym: मच्छरदानी (macchardānī)