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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀫𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁆- (*muss-, “smile, sob”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from Sanskrit मुस्र (musra, “a tear”), possibly further from अश्रु (aśru, “a tear”).
Pronunciation
Noun
मुस्कान • (muskān) f (Urdu spelling مسکان)
- a smile
Declension
Declension of मुस्कान (fem cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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direct
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मुस्कान muskān
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मुस्कानें muskānẽ
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oblique
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मुस्कान muskān
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मुस्कानों muskānõ
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vocative
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मुस्कान muskān
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मुस्कानो muskāno
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See also
Proper noun
मुस्कान • (muskān) f
- a female given name, Muskan or Muskaan
References
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “मुस्कान”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुस्कान”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Monier Williams (1899) “मुस्कान”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 824.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “muss”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press