ماسی
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] (māusī)), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ).[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
| Declension of ماسی | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | ماسی (māsī) | |
| dir. pl. | ماسِیاں (māsiyāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | ماسی (māsī) | ماسِیاں (māsiyāṉ) |
| oblique | ماسی (māsī) | ماسِیاں (māsiyāṉ) |
| vocative | ماسِئے (māsi'e) | ماسِیو (māsiyo) |
| ablative | ماسِیوں (māsiyoṉ) | — |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
- → Urdu: ماسی (māsī, “maid; maidservant”)
References
- “ماسی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2022
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2021), “ماسی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press