मातुःष्वसृ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মাতুঃষ্বসৃ (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬵᬢᬸᬄᬱ᭄ᬯᬲᬺ (Balinese script)
• মাতুঃষ্বসৃ (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰲𑰾𑰬𑰿𑰪𑰭𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀂𑀱𑁆𑀯𑀲𑀾 (Brahmi script)
• မာတုးၑွသၖ (Burmese script)
• માતુઃષ્વસૃ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਾਤੁਃਸ਼੍ਵਸ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍁𑌃𑌷𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍃 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦴꦠꦸꦃꦰ꧀ꦮꦱꦽ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂰𑂞𑂳𑂂𑂭𑂹𑂫𑂮𑃂 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಾತುಃಷ್ವಸೃ (Kannada script)
• មាតុះឞ្វស្ឫ (Khmer script)
• ມາຕຸະຩ຺ວສ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
• മാതുഃഷ്വസൃ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡠᢁᢢᠣᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘳𑘾𑘬𑘿𑘪𑘭𑘵 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠤᢁ᠋ᢔᢦᠰᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧔𑧟𑧌𑧠𑧊𑧍𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐸𑑅𑐲𑑂𑐰𑐳𑐺 (Newa script)
• ମାତୁଃଷ୍ଵସୃ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢵꢡꢸꢁꢰ꣄ꢮꢱꢺ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆶𑆂𑆰𑇀𑆮𑆱𑆸 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖲𑖾𑖬𑖿𑖪𑖭𑖴 (Siddham script)
• මාතුඃෂ‍්වසෘ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩒𑪗𑪀 𑪙𑩾𑪁𑩙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚰𑚬𑚶𑚦𑚨 (Takri script)
• மாது𑌃ஷ்வஸ்ரி (Tamil script)
• మాతుఃష్వసృ (Telugu script)
• มาตุะษฺวสฺฤ (Thai script)
• མཱ་ཏུཿ་ཥྭ་སྲྀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒳𑓁𑒭𑓂𑒫𑒮𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨃𑨹𑨯𑩇𑨭𑨰𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From मातुः (mā́tuḥ, “mother's”, genitive of मातृ (mā́tṛ)) +‎ स्वसृ (svásṛ, “sister”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.tuhʂ.ʋɐ.sr̩/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /mɑːˈt̪uhʂ.ʋɐ.s̪r̩/

Noun

मातुःष्वसृ • (mātuḥṣvasṛ) stem, f

1. maternal aunt

Descendants

Note: All descendants below come from an earlier reconstructed etymon *𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (*mātussi), from an even earlier *𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (*mātussassi).

• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi)
  • Assamese: মাহী (mahi)
  • Bengali: মাসি (maśi), মৈ (mōi)
  • Odia: ମାଉସୀ (mausi)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi)
  • Konkani:

    Devanagari script: माउशी (mauśī)

    Kannada script: ಮಾಉಶೀ (mauśī)

    Latin script: mauxi

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: माउसी (māusī)

    Modi script: 𑘦𑘰𑘄𑘭𑘲 (māusī)

    • Marathi: मावशी (māvśī)
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Gujarati: માસી (māsī)
  • Hindi: मौसी (mausī)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮਾਸੀ (māsī)

    Shahmukhi script: ماسی (māsī)

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: مَاسِي

    Devanagari script: मासी

  • Urdu: ماسی (māsī)

References

• “मातृष्वसृ” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 406, column 1.
• Monier Williams (1899) “mātṛi-shvasṛi”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 807, column 2.