मुसलमान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مسلمان (musalmān), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim). Compare Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān) / مُسلمان (muslmān), Gujarati મુસલમાન (musalmān), Marathi मुसलमान (musalmān), Bengali মুসলমান (musolman). First attested as Old Hindi मुसलमांन (musalamā̃na).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mʊ.səl.mɑːn/, [mʊ.sɐl.mä̃ːn]

Noun

मुसलमान • (musalmān) m (Urdu spelling مُسَلْمَان)

  1. a Muslim
    Synonym: मुस्लिम (muslim)

Declension
Declension of मुसलमान (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct मुसलमान
musalmān		 मुसलमान
musalmān
oblique मुसलमान
musalmān		 मुसलमानों
musalmānõ
vocative मुसलमान
musalmān		 मुसलमानो
musalmāno

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مسلمان (musalmān). Compare Gujarati મુસલમાન (musalmān), Hindustani مُسَلْمَان (musalmān) / मुसलमान (musalmān), Punjabi ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ (muslamān) / مُسلمان (muslmān), Bengali মুসলমান (musloman).

Noun

मुसलमान • (musalmān) m

  1. a Muslim

References
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “मुसलमान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुसलमान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मुसलमान”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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