मौसंबी

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Mombaça[1] or Moçambique,[2] the place of import of these fruits, probably via Gujarati મોસંબી (mosambī).

Pronunciation

Noun

मौसंबी • (mausambī) f (Urdu spelling موسمبی)

  1. mousambi

Declension

Declension of मौसंबी (fem ī-stem)
singular plural
direct मौसंबी
mausambī 		मौसंबियाँ
mausambiyā̃
oblique मौसंबी
mausambī 		मौसंबियों
mausambiyõ
vocative मौसंबी
mausambī 		मौसंबियो
mausambiyo

Descendants

  • → Kashmiri: مُسَمبی (musambī)
  • → Punjabi: ਮੁਸੰਬੀ (musambī)

References

  1. ^ ભગવતસિંહ [bhagvatsĩh] (1944), “મોસંબી”, in ભગવદ્ગોમંડલ [bhagvadgomaṇḍal], India, page 7414.
  2. ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मोसंबी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
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