माशा

Hindi

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit माषक (māṣaka) or borrowed from Classical Persian (māša).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑː.ʃɑː/, [mäː.ʃäː]

Noun

माशा • (māśā) m (Urdu spelling ماشہ)

maasha (a measure of weight equal to eight रत्ती (rattī), and one twelfth of a तौल (taul); equivalent to 0.972 grams)

Declension

Declension of माशा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माशा māśā	माशे māśe
oblique	माशे māśe	माशों māśõ
vocative	माशे māśe	माशो māśo

Descendants

→ English: maasha

References

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

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