मसख़री

मसख़री

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मस्ख़री (masxarī)

Etymology

From मसख़रा (masxarā, “joker, one who jokes”) +‎ -ई (-ī). Compare Punjabi ਮਸ਼ਕਰੀ (mashkarī) / مَشکَری‎ (mashkarī), Gujarati મશ્કરી (maśkarī), Marathi मस्करी (maskarī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /məs.kʰə.ɾiː/, /məs.xə.ɾiː/

Noun

मसख़री • (masxarī) f (Urdu spelling مسخری‎)

1. a joke; joking, laughing

   Synonym: मज़ाक़ (mazāq)

Declension

Declension of मसख़री
	Singular	Plural
Direct	मसख़री (masaxrī)	मसख़रियाँ (masaxriyā̃)
Oblique	मसख़री (masaxrī)	मसख़रियों (masaxriyõ)
Vocative	मसख़री (masaxrī)	मसख़रियो (masaxriyo)

Derived terms

• मसख़री करना (masaxrī karnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “मसख़री”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press