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)

  1. fish

Derived terms

  • ماسیفرۆش (masîfiroş)
  • ماسیلە (masîle)
  • ماسیگر (masîgir)

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ).

Noun

ماسی (māsīf

  1. 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

Noun

ماسی • (māsīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਸੀ)

  1. maternal aunt (mother's sister)

Declension

Declension of ماسی
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
  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press