मसें भीगना

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally "one's upper lip hairs to get wet".

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mə.sẽː bʱiːɡ.nɑː/, [mɐ.sẽː‿bʱiːɡ.näː]

Verb[edit]

मसें भीगना (masẽ bhīgnā) (intransitive)

  1. (idiomatic) to enter adolescence, mature (of a boy) [+ (subject) की]
    • 1932, Premchand, कर्मभूमि :
      अनवस्था बीस की हो गई थी पर अभी मसें भी न भीगी थीं। चौदह-पंद्रह साल का किशोर-सा लगता था।
      anvasthā bīs kī ho gaī thī par abhī masẽ bhī na bhīgī thī̃. caudah-pandrah sāl kā kiśor-sā lagtā thā.
      He was in his twenties but had still not entered adolescence. He looked like a youth of fourteen or fifteen.

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