માછલી

Gujarati

માછલી (māchlī, “fish”)

Alternative forms

મચ્છી (macchī)
માછલડી (māchalḍī) — poetic

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati माछली (māchalī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆- (-ll-), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀙 (macha /⁠maccha⁠/), from Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Doublet of માહી (māhī), મચ્છ (macch), માછ (māch), and મત્સ્ય (matsya).

Pronunciation

(Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑt͡ʃʰ.li/
Rhymes: -i

Noun

માછલી • (māchlī) f (masculine માછલો, neuter માછલું)

fish, a cold-blooded animal that lives in water
Synonyms: મીન (mīn), વિસાર (visār), ઝષ (jhaṣ), ઝખ (jhakh), મત્સ્ય (matsya)

References

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

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