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Marathi
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic مَسْخَرَة (masḵara)[1] (compare Persian مسخرگی (masxaragi)). Compare Gujarati મશ્કરી (maśkarī), Hindustani مَسْخَرِی (masxarī) / मसख़री (masxarī), Punjabi ਮਸ਼ਕਰੀ (maśkarī) / مَشکَری (maśkarī).
Pronunciation
Noun
मस्करी • (maskarī) f
- joking, teasing
References
- ^ दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “मस्करी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मस्करी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मस्करी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press