ਮਾਸੀ
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
From Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] (māusī)), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ਮਾਸੀ • (māsī) f (Shahmukhi spelling ماسی)
- aunt (mother's sister)
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press