मावशी

See also: मवेशी

Konkani

Alternative forms

• माउशी (māuśī)

Etymology

From Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ, “mother's sister”). Compare Marathi मावशी (māvśī), Hindi मौसी (mausī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɑːʋʃiː]

Noun

मावशी • (māvśī) f (Latin script mavxi, Kannada script ಮಾವಶೀ)

1. maternal aunt

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘄𑘭𑘲 (māusī), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ, “mother's sister”). Cognate with Hindi मौसी (mausī), Konkani मावशी (māvśī), Punjabi ਮਾਸੀ (māsī) / ماسی (māsī).

Noun

मावशी • (māvśī) f

1. maternal aunt

Declension

Declension of मावशी (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	मावशी māvśī
direct plural	मावश्या māvśyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	मावशी māvśī		मावश्या māvśyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	मावशी māvśī		मावश्यां- māvśyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	मावशीला māvśīlā		मावश्यांना māvśyānnā
ergative	मावशीने, मावशीनं māvśīne, māvśīna		मावश्यांनी māvśyānnī
instrumental	मावशीशी māvśīśī		मावश्यांशी māvśyānśī
locative सप्तमी	मावशीत māvśīt		मावश्यांत māvśyāt
vocative संबोधन	मावशी māvśī		मावश्यांनो māvśyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of मावशी (fem ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	मावशीचा māvśīċā	मावशीचे māvśīċe	मावशीची māvśīcī	मावशीच्या māvśīcā	मावशीचे, मावशीचं māvśīċe, māvśīċa	मावशीची māvśīcī	मावशीच्या māvśīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	मावश्यांचा māvśyānċā	मावश्यांचे māvśyānċe	मावश्यांची māvśyāñcī	मावश्यांच्या māvśyāncā	मावश्यांचे, मावश्यांचं māvśyānċe, māvśyānċa	मावश्यांची māvśyāñcī	मावश्यांच्या māvśyāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मावशी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मावशी,_मावसी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मावशी-सी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press