मावशी
See also: मवेशी
Konkani
Alternative forms
- माउशी (māuśī)
Etymology
From Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ, “mother's sister”). Compare Marathi मावशी (māvśī), Hindi मौसी (mausī).
Noun
मावशी • (māvśī) (Latin script mavxi, Kannada script ಮಾವಶೀ)
- maternal aunt
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘄𑘭𑘲 (māusī), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ, “mother's sister”). Cognate with Hindi मौसी (mausī), Konkani मावशी (māvśī), Punjabi ਮਾਸੀ (māsī) / ماسی (māsī).
Noun
मावशी • (māvśī) f
- maternal aunt
Declension
| Declension of मावशी (māvśī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | मावशी māvśī | ||
| direct plural | मावश्या māvśyā | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | मावशी māvśī | मावश्या māvśyā | |
| oblique | मावशी- māvśi- | मावश्यां- māvśyāN- | |
| dative | मावशीला māvśilā | मावश्यांना māvśyāNnā | |
| ergative | मावशीने māvśine | मावश्यांनी māvśyāNni | |
| instrumental | मावशीशी māvśiśi | मावश्यांशी māvśyāNśi | |
| locative | मावशीत māvśit | मावश्यांत māvśyāNt | |
| vocative | मावशी māvśi | मावश्यांनो māvśyāNno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of मावशी | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | मावशीचा māvśiċā | मावशीचे māvśice | मावशीची māvśici | मावशीच्या māvśica | मावशीचे, मावशीचं māvśice, māvśiċa | मावशीची māvśici | मावशीच्या māvśica | |
| plural subject | मावश्यांचा māvśyāNċā | मावश्यांचे māvśyāNce | मावश्यांची māvśyāNci | मावश्यांच्या māvśyāNca | मावश्यांचे, मावश्यांचं māvśyāNce, māvśyāNċa | मावश्यांची māvśyāNci | मावश्यांच्या māvśyāNca | |
| * 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, “मावशी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मावशी,_मावसी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “मावशी-सी”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press