मातुःष्वसृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

মাতুঃষ্বসৃ (Assamese script)
ᬫᬵᬢᬸᬄᬱ᭄ᬯᬲᬺ (Balinese script)
মাতুঃষ্বসৃ (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰲𑰾𑰬𑰿𑰪𑰭𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀂𑀱𑁆𑀯𑀲𑀾 (Brahmi script)
မာတုးၑွသၖ (Burmese script)
માતુઃષ્વસૃ (Gujarati script)
ਮਾਤੁਃਸ਼੍ਵਸ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍁𑌃𑌷𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍃 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦴꦠꦸꦃꦰ꧀ꦮꦱꦽ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂳𑂂𑂭𑂹𑂫𑂮𑃂 (Kaithi script)
ಮಾತುಃಷ್ವಸೃ (Kannada script)
មាតុះឞ្វស្ឫ (Khmer script)
ມາຕຸະຩ຺ວສ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
മാതുഃഷ്വസൃ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡠᢁᢢᠣᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘳𑘾𑘬𑘿𑘪𑘭𑘵 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠤᢁ᠋ᢔᢦᠰᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧔𑧟𑧌𑧠𑧊𑧍𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐸𑑅𑐲𑑂𑐰𑐳𑐺 (Newa script)
ମାତୁଃଷ୍ଵସୃ (Odia script)
ꢪꢵꢡꢸꢁꢰ꣄ꢮꢱꢺ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆶𑆂𑆰𑇀𑆮𑆱𑆸 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖲𑖾𑖬𑖿𑖪𑖭𑖴 (Siddham script)
මාතුඃෂ‍්වසෘ (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩒𑪗𑪀 𑪙𑩾𑪁𑩙 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚰𑚬𑚶𑚦𑚨 (Takri script)
மாது𑌃ஷ்வஸ்ரி (Tamil script)
మాతుఃష్వసృ (Telugu script)
มาตุะษฺวสฺฤ (Thai script)
མཱ་ཏུཿ་ཥྭ་སྲྀ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒳𑓁𑒭𑓂𑒫𑒮𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨃𑨹𑨯𑩇𑨭𑨰𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā

Sanskrit मातृ॑ (mā́tṛ)

Sanskrit मातुः॑ (mā́tuḥ)

Proto-Indo-European *swé

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥?

Proto-Indo-European *-sōr?

Proto-Indo-European *swésōr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *swásā

Sanskrit स्वसृ॑ (svásṛ)

Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ

From मातुः॑ (mā́tuḥ, “mother's”, gen.sg) + स्वसृ॑ (svásṛ, “sister”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.tuhʂ.ʋɐ.sr̩/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɑː.t̪uhʂ.ʋɐ.s̪r̩/

Noun

मातुःष्वसृ • (mātuḥṣvasṛ) stem, f

maternal aunt

Descendants

Dardic:
- Shinaic:
  - Kalkoti: meeš
  - Palula: méeši / میشیۡ
Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi), 𑀫𑀸𑀲𑀺𑀆 (māsiā) (see there for further descendants)

References

“मातृष्वसृ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 406, column 1.
Monier Williams (1899), “mātṛi-shvasṛi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 807, column 2.