मौसम

Borrowed from Classical Persian موسم (mawsim), from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim).

मौसम (mausam) m (Kaithi 𑂧𑂸𑂮𑂧)

1. weather

• मौसिम (mausim)

Borrowed from Classical Persian موسم (mawsim), from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim). Cognate of English monsoon. Compare Bengali মৌসুম (mōuśum), Gujarati મોસમ (mosam), Marathi मोसम (mosam), Punjabi ਮੌਸਮ (mausam).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɔː.səm/, [mɔː.sɐ̃m]

मौसम • (mausam) m (Urdu spelling مَوسَم)

1. season

   Synonym: ऋतु (ŕtu)

2. weather

   Synonym: वातावरण (vātāvraṇ)

   बाहर मौसम कैसा है? ― bāhar mausam kaisā hai? ― How's the weather outside?

   • 1995, “बरसात के मौसम में [barsāt ke mausam mẽ]”, Sudarshan Faakir (lyrics):

     बरसात के मौसम में
     तन्हाई के आलम में
     मैं घर से निकल आया
     बोतल भी उठा लाया

     barsāt ke mausam mẽ
     tanhāī ke ālam mẽ
     ma͠i ghar se nikal āyā
     botal bhī uṭhā lāyā

     In the rainy weather
     In a lonely state
     I came out of my house
     Carrying a bottle with me

3. appropriate time, opportune time

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मौसम”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4046
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मौसम”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 839
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “मौसम”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 624
• “मौसम”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Borrowed from Hindi मौसम (mausam), from Classical Persian مَوسِم (mawsim), from Arabic مَوْسِم (mawsim).

• IPA^(key): [mʌu̯sʌm]
• Phonetic Devanagari: मौसम्

मौसम • (mausam)

1. weather
2. season, time

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “मौसिम्”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 521