मिस्र

Hindi

Alternative forms

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 (miśara), Sinhalese මිසරය (misaraya).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

मिस्र • (misrm (Urdu spelling مصر)

  1. Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia)
  2. (historical) Egypt (a civilization based around the river Nile, on its lower reaches nearer the Mediterranean)

Declension

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

Derived terms

See also

countries in Asia: एशिया के देश (eśiyā ke deś) (appendix)edit