ماسی

Central Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *mácyah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Compare Persian ماهی (mâhi), Baluchi ماہیگ (máhíg) and Younger Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬀 (masiia).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maːsiː/

Noun

Northern Kurdish	masî
Southern Kurdish	ماسی (masî)

ماسی (masî)

1. fish

Derived terms

• ماسیفرۆش (masîfiroş)
• ماسیلە (masîle)
• ماسیگر (masîgir)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] (māusī)), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ). Compare Hindi मौसी (mausī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ˈmäː.s(ː)iː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ما‧سی

Noun

ماسی • (māsī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਸੀ)

1. maternal aunt (mother's sister)

Declension

Declension of ماسی

	singular	plural
direct	ماسی (māsī)	ماسِیاں (māsīyāṉ)
oblique	ماسی (māsī)	ماسِیاں (māsīyāṉ)
vocative	ماسِیے (māsiye)	ماسِیو (māsīv)
ablative	ماسِیوں (māsīvṉ)	ماسِیاں (māsīyāṉ)
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• → Urdu: ماسی (māsī, “maid; maidservant”)

References

• “ماسی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ماسی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz