English Explanatory Dictionary

Mosammat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A title used before the names of women in some South Asian countries, roughly equivalent to Missus or Miss.

Word forms

Mosammat Mst. Most. Musammat

Etymology

From Bengali মোসাম্মৎ (mōśammot) and Urdu مُسَمّاۃ (musammat), from Arabic مُسَمَّاةٌ (musammātun, “named”), feminine passive participle of سَمَّى (sammā).

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