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Muskan
मुस्कानSay it mus-KAAN
- Meaning
- A smile Platts, p. 1034
- Say it
- mus-KAAN
- Written
- मुस्कान
- Other spellings
- Muskaan, Muskhan
Muskan
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Muskan meaning
Muskan (मुस्कान) is a Hindu and Muslim girl's name of Hindi-Urdu origin.
A smile
Muskan is the everyday Hindi and Urdu word for a smile. Platts's dictionary of Urdu and Hindi (1884) lists muskān, with the older form musukān, as a smile, a simper or a grin, from the verb muskānā, 'to smile', which it pairs with muskurānā, the more common verb. Because the word belongs to the shared vocabulary of Hindi and Urdu rather than to a scriptural language, the name crosses communities: it is given to girls in Hindu, Muslim and Sikh families across north India and Pakistan. The meaning found on baby-name lists, 'smile', is exactly the dictionary sense. It is also spelt Muskaan.
Source: Platts, A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English (1884), p. 1034 · entry مسکان मुसकान muskān · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Platts, muskān and muskānā, p. 1034
Fits your syllable
First sound मु
Magha nakshatra, pada 3 · Simha rashi
This exact sound isn't in the table; the closest is मू, which differs only in vowel length. North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Muskan · Muskaan · Muskhan