मस्तिष्क

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मस्तिष्क (mastiṣka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /məs.t̪ɪʂk/, [mɐs.t̪ɪʃk]

Noun

मस्तिष्क • (mastiṣk) m (Urdu spelling مستشک)

1. (anatomy) brain, cerebrum

   मस्तिष्क जन्तुओं के केन्द्रीय तंत्रिका तंत्र का नियंत्रण केन्द्र है।

   mastiṣk jantuõ ke kendrīya tantrikā tantra kā niyantraṇ kendra hai.

   The brain is the control center of the central nervous system of animals.

   इस बच्चे का मस्तिष्क अभी भी अपरिपक्व है।

   is bacce kā mastiṣk abhī bhī apripakva hai.

   This child's brain is still immature.

Declension

Declension of मस्तिष्क (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मस्तिष्क mastiṣk	मस्तिष्क mastiṣk
oblique	मस्तिष्क mastiṣk	मस्तिष्कों mastiṣkõ
vocative	मस्तिष्क mastiṣk	मस्तिष्को mastiṣko

Synonyms

• दिमाग़ (dimāġ)
• भेजा (bhejā)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “मस्तिष्क”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “मस्तिष्क”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মস্তিষ্ক (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬲ᭄ᬢᬶᬱ᭄ᬓ (Balinese script)
• মস্তিষ্ক (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• မသ္တိၑ္က (Burmese script)
• મસ્તિષ્ક (Gujarati script)
• ਮਸ੍ਤਿਸ਼੍ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦰ꧀ꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಸ್ತಿಷ್ಕ (Kannada script)
• មស្តិឞ្ក (Khmer script)
• ມສ຺ຕິຩ຺ກ (Lao script)
• മസ്തിഷ്ക (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡳᢢᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠰᢐᠢᢔᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐎 (Newa script)
• ମସ୍ତିଷ୍କ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢱ꣄ꢡꢶꢰ꣄ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖎 (Siddham script)
• මස‍්තිෂ‍්ක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚮𑚶𑚊 (Takri script)
• மஸ்திஷ்க (Tamil script)
• మస్తిష్క (Telugu script)
• มสฺติษฺก (Thai script)
• མ་སྟི་ཥྐ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Along with मस्तक (mástaka, “head, skull”), belongs to a complex of words represented by the marginally-attested मस्तृहन् (mastṛhan, “brain”), itself from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mastr̥gʰā́n (“brain”), whence also Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬖𐬀𐬥 (mastər^əγan, “brain”). The Indo-Iranian term appears to be related to Proto-Indo-European *mosgʰós (“marrow; brain”), perhaps compounded with *mregʰ- (“brain”); see those entries for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐs.tíʂ.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐs̪.t̪iʂ.kɐ/

Noun

म॒स्तिष्क॑ • (mastíṣka) stem, m

1. brain
2. any medicine acting upon the brain

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of म॒स्तिष्क॑

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	म॒स्तिष्कः॑ (mastíṣkaḥ)	म॒स्तिष्कौ॑ (mastíṣkau) म॒स्तिष्का॑¹ (mastíṣkā¹)	म॒स्तिष्काः॑ (mastíṣkāḥ) म॒स्तिष्का॑सः¹ (mastíṣkāsaḥ¹)
accusative	म॒स्तिष्क॑म् (mastíṣkam)	म॒स्तिष्कौ॑ (mastíṣkau) म॒स्तिष्का॑¹ (mastíṣkā¹)	म॒स्तिष्का॑न् (mastíṣkān)
instrumental	म॒स्तिष्के॑ण (mastíṣkeṇa)	म॒स्तिष्का॑भ्याम् (mastíṣkābhyām)	म॒स्तिष्कैः॑ (mastíṣkaiḥ) म॒स्तिष्के॑भिः¹ (mastíṣkebhiḥ¹)
dative	म॒स्तिष्का॑य (mastíṣkāya)	म॒स्तिष्का॑भ्याम् (mastíṣkābhyām)	म॒स्तिष्के॑भ्यः (mastíṣkebhyaḥ)
ablative	म॒स्तिष्का॑त् (mastíṣkāt)	म॒स्तिष्का॑भ्याम् (mastíṣkābhyām)	म॒स्तिष्के॑भ्यः (mastíṣkebhyaḥ)
genitive	म॒स्तिष्क॑स्य (mastíṣkasya)	म॒स्तिष्क॑योः (mastíṣkayoḥ)	म॒स्तिष्का॑णाम् (mastíṣkāṇām)
locative	म॒स्तिष्के॑ (mastíṣke)	म॒स्तिष्क॑योः (mastíṣkayoḥ)	म॒स्तिष्के॑षु (mastíṣkeṣu)
vocative	मस्ति॑ष्क (mástiṣka)	मस्ति॑ष्कौ (mástiṣkau) मस्ति॑ष्का¹ (mástiṣkā¹)	मस्ति॑ष्काः (mástiṣkāḥ) मस्ति॑ष्कासः¹ (mástiṣkāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Assamese: মস্তিষ্ক (mostisko)
• → Bengali: মস্তিষ্ক (mostiśko)
• → Gujarati: મસ્તિષ્ક (mastiṣk)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: मस्तिष्क (mastiṣk)

  Urdu: مستشک (mastiśk)

• → Malayalam: മസ്തിഷ്കം (mastiṣkaṁ)
• → Odia: ମସ୍ତିଷ୍କ (mastiṣka)
• → Telugu: మస్తిష్కం (mastiṣkaṁ)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “मस्तिष्क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 793, column 3.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996), “mastíṣkaḥ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 606