मषि
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- মষি (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
- মষি (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- မၑိ (Burmese script)
- મષિ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಷಿ (Kannada script)
- មឞិ (Khmer script)
- ມຩິ (Lao script)
- മഷി (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
- ମଷି (Odia script)
- ꢪꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
- මෂි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚮 (Takri script)
- மஷி (Tamil script)
- మషి (Telugu script)
- มษิ (Thai script)
- མ་ཥི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]मषि • (maṣi) stem, f
- powder
- powdered, burnt bone (used to make ink or eye makeup)
- soot, lampblack
- Nardostachys jatamansi (used to obtain spikenard)
Declension
[edit]| 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) मषी¹ (maṣī¹) |
मषिभ्याम् (maṣibhyām) | मषिभिः (maṣibhiḥ) |
| dative | मषये (maṣaye) मष्यै² (maṣyai²) मषी¹ (maṣī¹) |
मषिभ्याम् (maṣibhyām) | मषिभ्यः (maṣibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | मषेः (maṣeḥ) मष्याः² (maṣyāḥ²) मष्यै³ (maṣyai³) |
मषिभ्याम् (maṣibhyām) | मषिभ्यः (maṣibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | मषेः (maṣeḥ) मष्याः² (maṣyāḥ²) मष्यै³ (maṣyai³) |
मष्योः (maṣyoḥ) | मषीणाम् (maṣīṇām) |
| locative | मषौ (maṣau) मष्याम्² (maṣyām²) मषा¹ (maṣā¹) |
मष्योः (maṣyoḥ) | मषिषु (maṣiṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Later Sanskrit
- ³Brāhmaṇas
Derived terms
[edit]- मषिपात्र (maṣipātra)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “maṣmaṣā́-kar-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 335
Further reading
[edit]- 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