माषी

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Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Apabhramsa मक्खिय (makkhiya), from Prakrit मक्खिआ (makkhiā), from Sanskrit मक्षिका (mákṣikā).[1]

Noun

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माषी (māṣī /mākhī/) f [2][3]

  1. fly
    • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 82.2:
      मकरी घरि माषी छछिहारी ।
      मास पसारी चील्ह रषवारी ॥
      makarī ghari māṣī chachihārī.
      māsa pasārī cīlha raṣavārī.
      /makarī ghari mākhī chachihāri.
      mā̃sa pasārī cīlha rakhavārī .
      /
      • 2013 translation by Johannes Bronkhorst
        [I]n [a] spider’s house the fly strains buttermilk
        meat is on display under the supervision of a kite [bird]

Descendants

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  • Bundeli: माखी (mākhī)
  • Kannauji: माखी
  • Middle Hindi: ماکھی (makhy /⁠mākhī⁠/)

References

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