ਮੱਛਰੀ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • ਮਛਰੀ (machrī)

Noun

ਮੱਛਰੀ • (maccharī) f

  1. diminutive of ਮੱਛਰ (macchar, “mosquito”)
  2. sandfly

Derived terms

  • ਕਾਲੀ ਮੱਛਰੀ f (kālī maccharī, “minute pirate bug”)

Further reading

  • “ਮਛਰੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਮੱਛਰੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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