ਮਾਸੀ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] (māusī)), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːs.siː/

Noun

ਮਾਸੀ • (māsīf (Shahmukhi spelling ماسی)

  1. aunt (mother's sister)

References

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