मावशी
See also: मवेशी
Konkani
Alternative forms
- माउशी (māuśī)
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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ), from मातुः॑ (mā́tuḥ, “mother's”, gen.sg) + स्वसृ॑ (svásṛ, “sister”). Compare Marathi मावशी (māvśī), Hindi मौसी (mausī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɑːʋʃiː]
Noun
मावशी • (māvśī) f (Latin script mavxi, Kannada script ಮಾವಶೀ)
Marathi
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Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘄𑘭𑘲 (māusī), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ), from मातुः॑ (mā́tuḥ, “mother's”, gen.sg) + स्वसृ॑ (svásṛ, “sister”). Cognate with Hindi मौसी (mausī), Konkani मावशी (māvśī), Punjabi ਮਾਸੀ (māsī) / ماسی (māsī).
Noun
मावशी • (māvśī) f
Declension
| Declension of मावशी (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
मावशी māvśī | ||
| direct plural |
मावश्या māvśyā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
मावशी māvśī |
मावश्या māvśyā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
मावशी māvśī |
मावश्यां- māvśyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
मावशीला māvśīlā |
मावश्यांना māvśyānnā | |
| ergative | मावशीने, मावशीनं māvśīne, māvśīna |
मावश्यांनी māvśyānnī | |
| instrumental | मावशीशी māvśīśī |
मावश्यांशी māvśyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
मावशीत māvśīt |
मावश्यांत māvśyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
मावशी māvśī |
मावश्यांनो māvśyānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of मावशी (fem ī-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
मावशीचा māvśīċā |
मावशीचे māvśīċe |
मावशीची māvśīcī |
मावशीच्या māvśīcā |
मावशीचे, मावशीचं māvśīċe, māvśīċa |
मावशीची māvśīcī |
मावशीच्या māvśīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
मावश्यांचा māvśyānċā |
मावश्यांचे māvśyānċe |
मावश्यांची māvśyāñcī |
मावश्यांच्या māvśyāncā |
मावश्यांचे, मावश्यांचं māvśyānċe, māvśyānċa |
मावश्यांची māvśyāñcī |
मावश्यांच्या māvśyāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “मावशी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मावशी,_मावसी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “मावशी-सी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press