मसहरी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मशकहरी (maśakaharī, literally “mosquito remover”), from मशक (maśaka, “mosquito”) +‎ हरी (harī, “remover”, from हर (hara, “removing”) +‎ -ई (-ī, “doer”)). Cognate with Bengali মশারি (mośari), Assamese মহৰি (mohori), Odia ମସହରୀ (môsôhôri), ମସାରୀ (môsari), Sindhi مَهَآرِي (mahārī).

Noun

मसहरी • (masahrī) f

  1. a veil or curtain which can be hung over and around a bed to keep mosquitoes out; a mosquito-net
    Synonym: मच्छरदानी (macchardānī)

Declension
Declension of मसहरी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct मसहरी
masahrī		 मसहरियाँ
masahriyā̃
oblique मसहरी
masahrī		 मसहरियों
masahriyõ
vocative मसहरी
masahrī		 मसहरियो
masahriyo
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