Urdu Dictionary

مشق mashq inf. n. of مشق 'to pierce suddenly' with a spear, c.

A مشق mashq (inf. n. of مشق 'to pierce suddenly' (with a spear, &c.), s.f. Piercing suddenly (with a

spear);—striking, beating, or lashing with velocity;—tearing;—writing, drawing (the letters);—combing;—chafing, or galling the skin (a garment, &c.);—drawing (a garment, or a thong, &c.) every way in order to stretch it;—eating up the best parts (of forage);—a model (for imitation), a copy (to write after); an example; an exercise;—practice, usage, use;—adj. Galled between the thighs (a man);—tall, slender (girl):—mashq karnā (-kī), To practise, exercise; to copy:—zer-mashq, s.m. Anything placed under a sheet of paper that one may write commodiously; a paste-board, a pad.