مسوڑھا

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Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit *मांसपुटक (māṃsapuṭaka), from मांस (māṃsa) +‎ पुट (puṭa) +‎ -क (-ka).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

مَسُوڑھا • (masūṛhā) m (Hindi spelling मसूढ़ा)

  1. (anatomy) gum (of the teeth)

Declension

    Declension of مسوڑھا
singular plural
direct مَسُوڑھا (masūṛhā) مَسُوڑھے (masūṛhe)
oblique مَسُوڑھے (masūṛhe) مَسُوڑھوں (masūṛhõ)
vocative مَسُوڑھے (masūṛhe) مَسُوڑھو (masūṛho)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māṁsapuṭaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

  • “مسوڑھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “مسوڑھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مسوڑها”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 588
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “مسوڙها”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1036
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