ਮਾਸੀ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] (māusī)), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːs.siː/

Noun

ਮਾਸੀ • (māsī) f (Shahmukhi spelling ماسی)

  1. aunt (mother's sister)

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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