मस्ताना (mastaanaa)
adjective/verb
Two related strands: an adjective describing a carefree, intoxicated-with-joy quality, and a rarer intransitive verb meaning to be lost in that same euphoric abandon. Both trace to मस्त (mast, carefree/high-spirited).
Sense
1
:
carefree, intoxicatingly joyful, swaying with abandon
adjective
Synonyms: मस्त (mast), बेपरवाह (beparvaah), झूमता (jhoomtaa, describes swaying motion)
Frequency: literary
Cultural Note: This is very much a Bollywood-lyric word -- it shows up in song titles and refrains describing a mood of blissful, swaying abandon (a mast (mast) mood taken up a notch). You will hear it far more in songs and poetry than in daily bazaar chat.
Common Mistakes: 1) Learners often treat this as a plain synonym of खुश (khush, happy), but मस्ताना (mastaanaa) carries a specific flavor of swaying, unselfconscious abandon -- think of someone dancing with eyes closed, not just smiling. 2) It leans poetic/song-register; in ordinary conversation मस्त (mast) is the word people actually reach for.
Sample Sentences:
उसकी मस्ताना चाल देखकर सब मुस्कुरा उठे।
Seeing her carefree, swaying walk, everyone broke into a smile.
(uskii mastaanaa chaal dekhkar sab muskuraa uthe।)
हवा में झूमते पत्ते किसी मस्ताना धुन पर नाच रहे थे।
The leaves swaying in the wind seemed to dance to some carefree, euphoric tune.
(havaa men jhoomte patte kisii mastaanaa dhun par naach rahe the।)
यह गीत एक मस्ताना मौसम की कहानी कहता है।
This song tells the story of a carefree, blissful season.
(yah giit ek mastaanaa mausam kii kahaanii kahtaa hai।)
काश मेरी जवानी भी उतनी ही मस्ताना होती।
If only my youth had been just as carefree and intoxicatingly joyful.
(kaash merii javaanii bhii utnii hii mastaanaa hotii।)
कवि ने चाँद को मस्ताना अंदाज़ में उगते हुए दिखाया है।
The poet has depicted the moon rising in a carefree, euphoric manner.
(kavi ne chaand ko mastaanaa andaaz men ugte hue dikhaayaa hai।)
फिल्म के इस गाने में नायिका मस्ताना अंदाज़ में झूमती है।
In this film song, the heroine sways about in a carefree, blissful manner.
(philm ke is gaane men naayikaa mastaanaa andaaz men jhoomtii hai।)
उसकी मस्ताना आँखों में एक अलग ही नशा था।
There was a distinct intoxication in her euphoric, dreamy eyes.
(uskii mastaanaa aankhon men ek alag hii nashaa thaa।)
ऐ मस्ताना दिल, ज़रा थम भी जा!
O carefree, intoxicated heart, do settle down for a moment!
(ai mastaanaa dil, zaraa tham bhii jaa!)
बारिश की पहली बूँदों के साथ एक मस्ताना जज़्बा जाग उठता है।
With the first drops of rain, a carefree, euphoric feeling awakens.
(baarish kii pahlii boondon ke saath ek mastaanaa jazbaa jaag uthtaa hai।)
Sense
2
:
to become lost in joyful abandon, to revel
verb, intransitive Used almost always in continuous or participial forms describing a mood overtaking someone, e.g. मस्ताते हुए (mastaate hue, while reveling/swaying joyfully).
Synonyms: झूमना (jhoomnaa), मस्त होना (mast honaa)
Frequency: literary
Cultural Note: This verb form is rare outside of poetic or lyrical description -- you are more likely to meet it as मस्ताता (mastaataa) or मस्ताते (mastaate) describing wind, youth, or a crowd swaying with joy than as a verb someone would use about their own day.
Sample Sentences:
बसंत में हवा मस्ताती है।
In spring, the wind revels with joyful abandon.
(basant men havaa mastaatii hai।)
जवानी यूँ ही मस्ताती रहती है, इसे रोकना मुश्किल है।
Youth just keeps reveling in its own joy like this; it's hard to hold back.
(javaanii yoon hii mastaatii rahtii hai, ise roknaa mushkil hai।)
मेला देखकर भीड़ मस्ता उठी।
Seeing the fair, the crowd burst into joyful revelry.
(melaa dekhkar bhiid mastaa uthii।)
काश हम भी उस मेले में यूँ ही मस्ताते।
If only we too could have reveled so freely at that fair.
(kaash ham bhii us mele men yoon hii mastaate।)
पेड़ों की डालियाँ हवा में मस्ताती हुई झूम रही थीं।
The tree branches were swaying, reveling in the wind.
(pedon kii daaliyaan havaa men mastaatii huii jhoom rahii thiin।)
कवि ने लिखा कि नदी अपने ही प्रवाह में मस्ताती है।
The poet wrote that the river revels in its own flow.
(kavi ne likhaa ki nadii apne hii pravaah men mastaatii hai।)
उस रात पूरा गाँव ढोल की थाप पर मस्ता उठा था।
That night, the whole village had burst into joyful revelry to the beat of the drum.
(us raat pooraa gaanv dhol kii thaap par mastaa uthaa thaa।)
बादल जब मस्ताते हैं, तो बारिश की खुशबू फैल जाती है।
When the clouds revel with joyful abandon, the scent of rain spreads.
(baadal jab mastaate hain, to baarish kii khushboo phail jaatii hai।)
Morphology
Adjective (variable)
(sg.m):
मस्ताना
(mastaanaa)
(pl.m):
मस्ताने
(mastaane)
(sg.f):
मस्तानी
(mastaanii)
(pl.f):
मस्तानी
(mastaanii)
Verb
infinitive:
मस्ताना
(mastaanaa)
infinitive oblique:
मस्ताने
(mastaane)
habitual/simple (sg.m):
मस्ताता
(mastaataa)
habitual/simple (pl.m):
मस्ताते
(mastaate)
habitual/simple (sg.f):
मस्ताती
(mastaatii)
habitual/simple (pl.f):
मस्तातीं
(mastaatiin)
continuous (sg.m):
मस्ता रहा
(mastaa rahaa)
continuous (pl.m):
मस्ता रहे
(mastaa rahe)
continuous (sg.f):
मस्ता रही
(mastaa rahii)
continuous (pl.f):
मस्ता रहीं
(mastaa rahiin)
perfective (sg.m):
मस्ताया
(mastaayaa)
perfective (pl.m):
मस्ताए
(mastaae)
perfective (sg.f):
मस्ताई
(mastaaii)
perfective (pl.f):
मस्ताईं
(mastaaiin)
imperative (informal):
मस्ता
(mastaa)
imperative (neutral):
मस्ताओ
(mastaao)
imperative (formal):
मस्ताइए
(mastaaie)
future (1sg.m):
मस्ताऊँगा
(mastaaoongaa)
future (1sg.f):
मस्ताऊँगी
(mastaaoongii)
future (1pl.m):
मस्ताएँगे
(mastaaenge)
future (1pl.f):
मस्ताएँगी
(mastaaengii)
future (2sg.m):
मस्ताएगा
(mastaaegaa)
future (2sg.f):
मस्ताएगी
(mastaaegii)
future (2pl.m):
मस्ताओगे
(mastaaoge)
future (2pl.f):
मस्ताओगी
(mastaaogii)
future (3sg.m):
मस्ताएगा
(mastaaegaa)
future (3sg.f):
मस्ताएगी
(mastaaegii)
future (3pl.m):
मस्ताएँगे
(mastaaenge)
future (3pl.f):
मस्ताएँगी
(mastaaengii)
subjunctive (1sg):
मस्ताऊँ
(mastaaoon)
subjunctive (1pl):
मस्ताएँ
(mastaaen)
subjunctive (2sg):
मस्ताए
(mastaae)
subjunctive (2pl):
मस्ताओ
(mastaao)
subjunctive (3sg):
मस्ताए
(mastaae)
subjunctive (3pl):
मस्ताएँ
(mastaaen)