मिस्र

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मिश्र (miśra)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مصر (misr), from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr), related to Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (mitsráyim). Compare Bengali মিশর (miśôr), Gujarati મિસર (misar), Punjabi ਮਿਸਰ (misar), Odia ମିଶର (miśara), Sinhalese මිසරය (misaraya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɪsɾ/

Proper noun

मिस्र • (misr) m (Urdu spelling مصر)

1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
2. (historical) Ancient Egypt

Declension

Declension of मिस्र (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	मिस्र misr
oblique	मिस्र misr
vocative	मिस्र misr

Synonyms

• इजिप्ट (ijipṭ)