মাসি

Bengali

Alternative forms
  • মই (moi), মৈ (mōi) – Vaṅga
  • মসি (mośi) – Varendra

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi), from Late Prakrit *𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀉𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (*mātussi), from Early Prakrit *𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (*mātussassi) from Vedic Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ, “mother’s sister”), a compound of मातुः (mā́tuḥ, “mother's”, genitive of मातृ (mātṛ)) +‎ स्वसृ (svásṛ, “sister”). Doublet of মাতৃষ্বসা (matriśvośa /matriśôśa/), a tatsama.

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /maʃi/, [maʃiˑ]

Noun

মাসি • (maśi)

  1. maternal aunt
    Synonym: খালা (khala)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.