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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مسجد (masjid), from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid). First attested as Old Punjabi ਮਸੀਤਿ (masīti). Compare Hindi मस्जिद (masjid), Marathi मशीद (maśīd) and Marwari मसीद (masīd).
Pronunciation
Noun
ਮਸੀਤ • (masīt) f (Shahmukhi spelling مَسِیت)
- mosque
- Synonym: ਮਸਜਿਦ (masjid)
ਮੈਂ ਮਸੀਤ ਚਲੀਆਂ ਵਾਂ।- maĩ masīt calīā̃ vā̃.
- I am going to the mosque.
- (literally, “I mosque go to.”)
Declension
References
- “ਮਸੀਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- “ਮਸੀਤ”, in Punjabipedia (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਮਸੀਤ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.