मूसलधार

Hindi

Alternative forms

मुसलाधार (muslādhār)

Etymology

From मूसल (mūsal, “pestle”) +‎ धार (dhār, “flow”). Cognate with Bengali মুষলধার (muslodhar), Marathi मुसळधार (musaḷdhār).

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /muː.səl.d̪ʱɑːɾ/, [muː.sɐl.d̪ʱäːɾ]

Noun

मूसलधार • (mūsaldhār) m

pelting rain, torrential rain

Declension

Declension of *मूसलधार* (masc cons-stem)
	singular	plural
direct	मूसलधार mūsaldhār	मूसलधार mūsaldhār
oblique	मूसलधार mūsaldhār	मूसलधारों mūsaldhārõ
vocative	मूसलधार mūsaldhār	मूसलधारो mūsaldhāro

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मूसल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press