मषि
See also: मूष् and मेष
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- मसि (masi), मसी (masī), मषी (maṣī)
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬫᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
- মষি (Assamese script)
- মষি (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌮𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
- મષિ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦩꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
- មឞិ (Khmer script)
- ಮಷಿ (Kannada script)
- ມຩິ (Lao script)
- മഷി (Malayalam script)
- 𑘦𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢔᢈ (Mongolian script)
- ᠮᠠᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
- မၑိ (Burmese script)
- 𑧆𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
- ମଷି (Oriya script)
- ꢪꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
- මෂි (Sinhalese script)
- మషి (Telugu script)
- มษิ (Thai script)
- མ་ཥི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
Oldest attestation in the Vedic Sanskrit compound मष्मषाकृ (maṣmaṣā́kṛ-, “to crush”, literally “to do 'mash-mash'”). It is an onomatopoeic word with parallels in many languages, eg English smash, German Matsch (“muck”), Finnish mäiskis (“splash”), Arabic مص (maṣṣa, “sip”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /mɐ.ʂi/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ.ʂi/
Noun
मषि • (maṣi) f
- powder
- powdered, burnt bone (used to make ink or eye makeup)
- soot, lampblack
- Nardostachys jatamansi (used to obtain spikenard)
Declension
| Feminine i-stem declension of मषि (maṣi) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | मषिः maṣiḥ | मषी maṣī | मषयः maṣayaḥ |
| Vocative | मषे maṣe | मषी maṣī | मषयः maṣayaḥ |
| Accusative | मषिम् maṣim | मषी maṣī | मषीः maṣīḥ |
| Instrumental | मष्या maṣyā | मषिभ्याम् maṣibhyām | मषिभिः maṣibhiḥ |
| Dative | मषये / मष्ये¹ / मष्यै² maṣaye / maṣye¹ / maṣyai² | मषिभ्याम् maṣibhyām | मषिभ्यः maṣibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | मषेः / मष्याः² maṣeḥ / maṣyāḥ² | मषिभ्याम् maṣibhyām | मषिभ्यः maṣibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | मषेः / मष्याः² maṣeḥ / maṣyāḥ² | मष्योः maṣyoḥ | मषीणाम् maṣīṇām |
| Locative | मषौ / मष्याम्² maṣau / maṣyām² | मष्योः maṣyoḥ | मषिषु maṣiṣu |
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Derived terms
- मषिपात्र (maṣipātra)
Descendants
- → Javanese: ꦩꦁꦱꦶ (mangsi)
- → Tamil: மஷ (maṣa)
- → Telugu: మసి (masi)
References
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “maṣmaṣā́-kar-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 335
Further reading
- Monier Williams (1899), “मषि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0793.
- Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “मषि”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016