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 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ), from मातुः॑ (mā́tuḥ, “mother's”, gen.sg) + स्वसृ॑ (svásṛ, “sister”).[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 | ماسئِیے (mās'iye) | ماسِیو (māsīv) |
| ablative | ماسِیوں (māsīvṉ) | — |
| locative | ماسے (māse) | ماسِیں (māsīṉ) |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
- → Urdu: ماسی (māsī, “maid; maidservant”)
References
- “ماسی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “ماسی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Urdu
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi),[1] from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ), from मातुः॑ (mā́tuḥ, “mother's”, gen.sg) + स्वसृ॑ (svásṛ, “sister”).
Sense 3 developed through association with regional languages Punjabi ماسی (māsī) and Sindhi ماسِي (māsī), and through the relationship between language and class in Pakistan.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mɑː.siː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
ماسی • (māsī) f (Hindi spelling मासी)
- (Hindu, Sikh, colloquial, vulgar) maternal aunt
- Synonym: خالَہ (xāla)
- (Punjabic Urdu, dated, endearing) aunt (any older woman)[2]
- (urban, Pakistan) maidservant [from 20th c.]
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ماسی (māsī) | ماسِیاں (māsiyā̃) |
| oblique | ماسی (māsī) | ماسِیوں (māsiyō̃) |
| vocative | ماسی (māsī) | ماسِیو (māsiyō) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 575: “H. māusī, mausī, māsī f.”
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884), “ماسي”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 981
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ماسی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 558
- “ماسی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- “ماسی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.