मषि

See also: मूष् and मेष

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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

Noun

मषि • (maṣi) f

  1. powder
  2. powdered, burnt bone (used to make ink or eye makeup)
  3. soot, lampblack
  4. 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
Notes
  • ¹Less common
  • ²Later Sanskrit

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Javanese: ꦩꦁꦱꦶ (mangsi)
  • → Tamil: மஷ (maṣa)
  • → Telugu: మసి (masi)

References
  1. 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, 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
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