મિસરી
Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian مصری (misrī), from Arabic مِصْرِيّ (miṣriyy); synchronically analyseable as મિસર (misar, “Egypt”) + -ઈ (-ī). The third part of speech sense is named for Egyptian exports of sugar in the pre-modern era.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈmɪs.ɾi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: મિસ‧રી
Adjective
મિસરી • (misrī)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
Proper noun
મિસરી • (misrī) f
- Ancient Egyptian (the Afroasiatic language spoken and written in Ancient Egypt)
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