मुश्त

Hindi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian مُشْت (mušt, “fist, mouth”). Doublet of मूठ (mūṭh), मुष्टि (muṣṭi), and मुट्ठी (muṭṭhī).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    मुश्त • (muśt) m or f (Urdu spelling مشت)

    1. the fist
    2. a fistful, handful

    Declension

    Declension of मुश्त (fem cons-stem // masc cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct मुश्त
    muśt     		मुश्तें, मुश्त
    muśtẽ, muśt
    oblique मुश्त
    muśt     		मुश्तों
    muśtõ
    vocative मुश्त
    muśt     		मुश्तो
    muśto

    Derived terms

    • एकमुश्त (ekmuśt, “lump sum”)
    • धींगा-मुश्ती (dhīṅgā-muśtī, “fisticuffs, brawl”)

    References

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

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