मशग़ूल
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian مشغول (mašğul), from Arabic مَشْغُول (mašḡūl). Compare Sindhi مَشْغوُل / मश्ग़ूल, Gujarati મશગૂલ (maśgūl), Bengali মশগুল (môśôgul).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /məʃ.ɣuːl/, [məʃ.ɣuːl̪], /məʃ.ɡuːl/, [məʃ.ɡuːl̪]
Adjective
मशग़ूल • (maśġūl) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling مَشْغُول)
- occupied, engaged, busy [+ (object) में = in]
- Synonyms: मसरूफ़ (masrūf), व्यस्त (vyast)
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मशग़ूल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “मशगूल”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha