मासा

See also: मांस, मौसी, माँस, मूसा, मास, मासु, मांसं, and मिस

Marathi

वेगवेगळ्या प्रकारचे मासे

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘭𑘰 (māsā), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀙 (macha /⁠maccha⁠/) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Doublet of मत्स्य (matsya). Cognate with Hindi मच्छ (macch), Sindhi مَڇُ / मछु (machu), Punjabi ਮੱਛ (maccha), Nepali माछा (māchā), Odia ମାଛ (machô), Bengali মাছ (mach), Assamese মাছ (mas).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.sa/

Noun

मासा • (māsā) m

1. fish

   Synonym: मीन (mīn) (literary)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “मासा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मासा”, 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) “मासा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mátsya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Noun

मासा m

1. Devanagari script form of māsā (“month”), which is inflection of मास:
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural (māsa)
2. Devanagari script form of māsā (“mungo bean”), which is inflection of मास:
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural (māsa)