मिस्र (Hindi)

Where does "मिस्र" come from?

The Hindi word 'मिस्र' meaning Egypt was borrowed from Classical Persian 'مصر', which in turn came from Arabic 'مِصْر'[1][2]. This Arabic term traces back to a common Semitic source shared with terms such as Hebrew 'מִצְרַיִם'[3].

Full etymology tree

• मिस्र (misr) (Hindi), 'Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia)'
  • borrowed مصر (misr) (Classical Persian)
    • borrowed مصر (miṣr) (Arabic), 'Egypt (a country in North Africa and West Asia)'
      • inherited (Proto-Semitic)

Ancestors

• مصر (Persian)

Cognates and doublets

• মিশর (Bengali)
• મિસર (Gujarati)
• ମିଶର (Odia)
• ਮਿਸਰ (Punjabi)

Descendants and derived words

• मिस्री (Hindi)
• मिस्री (Hindi)

Sources

1. मिस्र (misr) (Hindi) - Wiktionary
2. مصر (Persian) - Wiktionary
3. مصر (miṣr) (Arabic) - Wiktionary

Updated October 2026

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