मिस

See also: मांस, मासा, मौसी, माँस, मूसा, मास, मासु, and मांसं

Hindi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit मिष (miṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɪs/

Noun

मिस • (mis) m (Urdu spelling مس)

1. pretext, pretence, excuse

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   मिस करने में क्या लाभ है?

   mis karne mẽ kyā lābh hai?

   What is the benefit of making an excuse?

Synonyms

• बहाना (bahānā)

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “मिस”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884) “मिस”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.