Hindi

Noun

मिस • ‎(mis) m ‎(Urdu spelling مس)

1. pretext, pretence, excuse

   मिस करने में क्या लाभ है?

   What is the benefit of making an excuse?

Synonyms

• बहाना ‎(bahānā)

References

• मिस in Chaturvedi, Mahendra and Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), A practical Hindi-English dictionary (Delhi: National Publishing House)
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.