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Punjabi
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *-tós Punjabi ਮਸਤ (masat)
Borrowed from Classical Persian مَسْت (mast). First attested as Old Punjabi ਮਸਤੁ (masatu). Compare Hindi मस्त (mast).
Adjective
ਮਸਤ • (mast) (indeclinable, Shahmukhi spelling مَسْت)
- intoxicated, inebriated, drunk
- (figurative) excited, exhilarated
- (figurative) happy, gay, carefree, indifferent
Derived terms
- ਮਸਤਣਾ (mastaṇā, “be intoxicated”, verb)
- ਮਸਤੇਵਾਂ m (mastevā̃, “intoxication”)
- ਬਦਮਸਤ (badmast, “intoxicated”, adjective)
- ਮਸਤਾਨਾ (mastānā, “wanton”, adjective)
- ਮਸਤੀ f (mastī, “intoxication”)
References
More information
- ^ “ਮਸਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- ^ Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਮਸਤ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 736.