مسکان
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀫𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁆- (*muss-, “smile, sob”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-).
Pronunciation
- (Pakistan) IPA(key): /mʊs.käːɳ/, [mʊsᵊ.kä̃ːɳᵊ]
- (India) IPA(key): /mʊs.käːn/, [mʊsᵊ.kä̃ːnᵊ]
- Hyphenation: مُس‧کاݨ
Noun
مُسْکاݨ • (muskāṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁਸਕਾਨ)
- a smile; smirk
- Synonym: مُسْکَراہَٹ (muskarāhaṭ)
- 2009, Imran Khan, “Bounce Billo”, in Unforgettable:
- مٹھی مسکاݨ تیری، چمکݨ تیرے موتی دند
- miṭṭhī muskāṇ terī, camkaṇ tere motī dand
- Your sweet smile, shine your pearl-like teeth
- (Units of measure) a unit of linear measure equal to 1,760 yards (approximately 1.609 kilometres)[1]
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | مُسْکاݨ (muskāṇ) | مُسْکاݨاں (muskāṇāṉ) |
| oblique | مُسْکاݨ (muskāṇ) | مُسْکاݨاں (muskāṇāṉ) |
| vocative | مُسْکاݨے (muskāṇe) | مُسْکاݨو (muskāṇo) |
| ablative | مُسْکاݨوں (muskāṇoṉ) | مُسْکاݨاں (muskāṇāṉ) |
| locative | مُسْکاݨی (muskāṇī) | مُسْکاݨِیں (muskāṇīṉ) |
| instrumental | مُسْکاݨِیں (muskāṇīṉ) | مُسْکاݨے (muskāṇe) |
Further reading
- ^ Oxford Punjabi Dictionary
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مُسکان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਮੁਸਕਾਨ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*muss”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 834