मस्करी

Marathi

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic مَسْخَرَة (masḵara)[1] (compare Persian مسخرگی (masxaragi)). Compare Gujarati મશ્કરી (maśkarī), Hindustani مَسْخَرِی (masxarī) / मसख़री (masxarī), Punjabi ਮਸ਼ਕਰੀ (maśkarī) / مَشکَری (maśkarī).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /məs.kə.ɾi/, [məs.kə.ɾiː]

Noun

मस्करी • (maskarī) f

  1. joking, teasing
    Synonym: चेष्टा (ceṣṭā)

References

  1. ^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मस्करी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मस्करी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मस्करी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
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