मुसलमांन

See also: मुसलमान

Old Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مسلمان (musalmān), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim). Compare Old Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਮਾਣੁ (musalamāṇu), ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨੀ f (musalamānī, “Muslim woman”), ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨੁ (musalamānu), ਮੁਸਲਿਮੁ (musalimu).

Noun

मुसलमांन (musalamā̃na)

  1. a Muslim

Descendants

  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: मुसलमान (musalmān)
    Urdu: مُسَلْمَان (musalmān)

Further reading

  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 559
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