مسوڑھا

Urdu

Alternative forms

• مَسُوڑا (masūṛā)

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit *मांसपुटक (māṃsapuṭaka), from मांस (māṃsa) +‎ पुट (puṭa) +‎ -क (-ka).^[1]

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.suː.ɽʱɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: مَ‧سُو‧ڑھا

Noun

مَسُوڑھا • (masūṛhā) m (Hindi spelling मसूढ़ा)

1. (anatomy) gum (of the teeth)

Declension

Declension of مسوڑھا
	singular	plural
direct	مَسُوڑھا (masūṛhā)	مَسُوڑھے (masūṛhe)
oblique	مَسُوڑھے (masūṛhe)	مَسُوڑھوں (masūṛhõ)
vocative	مَسُوڑھے (masūṛhe)	مَسُوڑھو (masūṛho)

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “māṁsapuṭaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

• “مسوڑھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “مسوڑھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “مسوڑها”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 588
• Platts, John T. (1884) “مسوڙها”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1036