मिस्र

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مصر (misr), from Arabic مِصْر (miṣr), related to Hebrew מִצְרַיִם (mitsráyim). Compare Bengali মিশর (miśôr), Gujarati મિસર (misar), Punjabi ਮਿਸਰ (misar), Odia ମିଶର (miśôrô), Sinhalese මිසරය (misaraya).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɪsɾ/

Proper noun

मिस्र • (misr) m (Urdu spelling مصر)

  1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)
  2. (historical) Ancient Egypt

Declension
Declension of मिस्र (sg-only masc cons-stem)
singular
direct मिस्र
misr
oblique मिस्र
misr
vocative मिस्र
misr

Synonyms
  • इजिप्ट (ijipṭ)
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