मसख़रा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian , from Arabic مَسْخَرَة (masḵara).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mə.səx.ɾɑː/, [mɐ.sɐx.ɾäː], /mə.səkʰ.ɾɑː/, [mɐ.sɐkʰ.ɾäː]

Noun

मसख़रा • (masaxrā) m (Urdu spelling مسخرہ)

clown, jester, buffoon
buffoon, ridiculous, laughing stock

References

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

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