ماسی
Central Kurdish
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *mácyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Compare Persian ماهی (mâhi), Baluchi ماہیگ (máhíg) and Younger Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀 (masiia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maːsiː/
Noun
| Northern Kurdish | masî |
|---|---|
| Southern Kurdish | ماسی (masî) |
ماسی (masî)
Derived terms
- ماسیفرۆش (masîfiroş)
- ماسیلە (masîle)
- ماسیگر (masîgir)
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ).
Noun
ماسی (māsī) f
- maternal aunt (mother's sister)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] (māusī)), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ).[1] Compare Hindi मौसी (mausī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ˈmäː.s(ː)iː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: ما‧سی
Noun
ماسی • (māsī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਸੀ)
- maternal aunt (mother's sister)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ماسی (māsī) | ماسِیاں (māsīyāṉ) |
| oblique | ماسی (māsī) | ماسِیاں (māsīyāṉ) |
| vocative | ماسِیے (māsiye) | ماسِیو (māsīv) |
| ablative | ماسِیوں (māsīvṉ) | ماسِیاں (māsīyāṉ) |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
- → Urdu: ماسی (māsī, “maid; maidservant”)
References
- “ماسی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ماسی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press