मिसरी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (misrī), from Arabic مِصْرِيّ‎ (miṣriyy); synchronically analyseable as मिस्र (misra, “Egypt”) +‎ -ई (-ī). The third part of speech sense is named for Egyptian exports of sugar in the pre-modern era.

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɪs.ɾiː/, [mɪs̪.ɾiː]

Adjective

मिसरी • (misrī) (Urdu spelling مِصری‎)

Egyptian

Noun

मिसरी • (misrī) m or f by sense (Urdu spelling مِصری‎)

an Egyptian

Declension

NOTE: This term is declined masculine or feminine according to the gender of the referent.

Declension of मिसरी (masc ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मिसरी misrī	मिसरी misrī
oblique	मिसरी misrī	मिसरियों misriyõ
vocative	मिसरी misrī	मिसरियो misriyo

Declension of मिसरी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मिसरी misrī	मिसरियाँ misriyā̃
oblique	मिसरी misrī	मिसरियों misriyõ
vocative	मिसरी misrī	मिसरियो misriyo

Noun

मिसरी

मिसरी • (misrī) f (Urdu spelling مِصری‎)

crystal sugar (usually eaten as candy)

Declension

Declension of मिसरी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मिसरी misrī	मिसरियाँ misriyā̃
oblique	मिसरी misrī	मिसरियों misriyõ
vocative	मिसरी misrī	मिसरियो misriyo

References

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

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