મિસરી

Gujarati

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مصری (misrī), from Arabic مِصْرِيّ (miṣriyy); synchronically analyseable as મિસર (misar, Egypt) + -ઈ (). The third part of speech sense is named for Egyptian exports of sugar in the pre-modern era.

Pronunciation

Adjective

મિસરી • (misrī)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.

Proper noun

મિસરી • (misrī) f

  1. Ancient Egyptian (the Afroasiatic language spoken and written in Ancient Egypt)

Noun

મિસરી • (misrī) m

  1. Egyptian (a person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent)

Noun

મિસરી

મિસરી • (misrī) f

  1. crystal sugar (usually eaten as candy)
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