मषि

See also: मूष् and मेष

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मसि (masi), मसी (masī), मषी (maṣī)

Alternative scripts

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

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ʂi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmɐ.ʂi/

Noun

मषि • (maṣi) stem, f

1. powder
2. powdered, burnt bone (used to make ink or eye makeup)
3. soot, lampblack
4. Nardostachys jatamansi (used to obtain spikenard)

Declension

Feminine i-stem declension of मषि (maṣi)
	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 / मषी¹ maṣyā / maṣī¹	मषिभ्याम् maṣibhyām	मषिभिः maṣibhiḥ
Dative	मषये / मष्यै² / मषी¹ maṣaye / maṣyai² / maṣī¹	मषिभ्याम् maṣibhyām	मषिभ्यः maṣibhyaḥ
Ablative	मषेः / मष्याः² / मष्यै³ maṣeḥ / maṣyāḥ² / maṣyai³	मषिभ्याम् maṣibhyām	मषिभ्यः maṣibhyaḥ
Genitive	मषेः / मष्याः² / मष्यै³ maṣeḥ / maṣyāḥ² / maṣyai³	मष्योः maṣyoḥ	मषीणाम् maṣīṇām
Locative	मषौ / मष्याम्² / मषा¹ maṣau / maṣyām² / maṣā¹	मष्योः maṣyoḥ	मषिषु maṣiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Later Sanskrit ³Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• मषिपात्र (maṣipātra)

 

Descendants

• → Javanese: ꦩꦁꦱꦶ (mangsi)
• → Tamil: மஷ (maṣa)
• → Telugu: మసి (masi)

Further reading

• 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