مسیت

مسیت

Balochi

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian مَسْجِد‎ (masjid) / مزگت‎ (mazgit), ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد‎ (masjid). Doublet of مسجد‎ (masjid).

Noun

مَسِیتّ • (masītt)

1. (Islam) mosque

References

• Uppsala University (2023), “مسیت”, in Southern Baluchi Dictionary (Webonary) (in Baluchi), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2019.

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Old Punjabi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic مَسْجِد‎ (masjid), through Classical Persian مسجد‎ (masjid) / مزگت‎ (mazgit). Compare also Indic cognates Old Hindi मसीति (masīti), Old Marathi 𑘦𑘭𑘲𑘝𑘲 (masītī), likely from the same source.

Noun

مَسِیت (masīti) f (Gurmukhi ਮਸੀਤਿ‎)

1. mosque
   • 12th Century, Bābā Farīd Ganj śakar, Bait 194

     فریدا ایسا ہوءِ رہو ، جیسا ککھ مَسِیت

     farīdā aisā ho'i raho , jaisā kakkh masīti

Descendants

• Punjabi: masīt

  Gurmukhi: ਮਸੀਤ

  Shahmukhi: مَسِیت‎

Further reading

• “مسیت”, in Kalam Baba Farid, Bait (or page) 21, 12th Century.
• “مسیت”, in A Descriptive Grammar of Hindko, Panjabi, and Saraiki (in English), volume 4 of Mouton-CASL Grammar Series, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, 2019, page 80

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Punjabi

Etymology

First attested as Old Punjabi مَسِیت‎ (masīti). Compare Marathi मशीद (maśīd) and Rajasthani मसीद (masīd). Doublet of مَسْجِد‎ (masjid).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mə.siːt̪ə̆/
• Rhymes: -iːt̪
• Hyphenation: مَ‧سِیت

Noun

مَسِیت • (masīt) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਸੀਤ)

1. (Islam) mosque
   • 1993, Anvar ʻAlī, Nūrī‎, volume 2, →ISBN, page 100:

     ‏"ایْہنُوْں مَسِیت وِچّ وَڑَݨ نَہِیں دیْنا چاہِدا"۔‎‎

     "ehnūṉ masīt vicc vaṛaṇ nahīṉ denā cāhidā".

     "He musn't be allowed inside the mosque".

   Synonyms: مَسجِد‎ (masjid), نَماز گاہ‎ (namāz gāh)

Declension

Declension of مسیت
dir. sg.	مَسِیت‎ (masīt)
dir. pl.	مَسِیتاں‎ (masītāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	مَسِیت‎ (masīt)	مَسِیتاں‎ (masītāṉ)
oblique	مَسِیت‎ (masīt)	مَسِیتاں‎ (masītāṉ)
vocative	مَسِیتے‎ (masīte)	مَسِیتو‎ (masīto)
ablative	مَسِیتوں‎ (masītoṉ)	—
locative	مَسِیتے‎ (masīte)	مَسِیتِیں‎ (masītīṉ)
instrumental	مَسِیتے‎ (masīte)	مَسِیتیں‎ (masīteṉ)

Coordinate terms

• گِرجا‎ (girjā), مَنْدِر‎ (mandir), گُرُدْوارَہ‎ (gurudvārah), عِبادَت گاہ‎ (ʻibādat gāh)

Derived terms

• مَسِیتی‎ (masītī)

References

• “مسیت‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “مسِیت‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

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Saraiki

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian مَسْجِد‎ (masjid) / مزگت‎ (mazgit) (compare Old Punjabi مَسِیت‎ (masīti)), ultimately from Arabic مَسْجِد‎ (masjid). Doublet of مَسْجِد‎ (masjid).

Noun

مَسِیت (masīt) f (Devanagari मसीत‎)

1. (Islam) mosque

Derived terms

• مَسِیتَر‎ (masītar, “a mosque regular”)

References

• “مسیت”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language (in English), United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 287