See also: ماس

Arabic edit

 
مُشَاةٌ

Etymology 1 edit

Root
م ش ي (m-š-y)

Derived from the active participle of مَشَى (mašā, to walk).

Noun edit

مَاشٍ (māšinm (construct state مَاشِي (māšī), plural مَاشُونَ (māšūna) or مُشَاة (mušāh), feminine مَاشِيَة (māšiya))

  1. pedestrian
  2. foot soldier; (in the plural) infantry
    كان المشاة من المناوشين والسيافينthe infantry was (composed of) skirmishers and swordmen
 
مَاش
Declension edit
 
مَاش

Etymology 2 edit

From Persian ماش (mâš), from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, mungo bean).

Noun edit

مَاش (māšm (collective, singulative مَاشَة f (māša))

  1. mung bean, green gram (Vigna radiata)
  2. mungo bean, black gram (Vigna mungo)
  3. deer pea, hairypod cowpea (Vigna luteola)
Declension edit

Further reading edit

Moroccan Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
م ش ي
4 terms

Shortened form of ماشي (māši).

Pronunciation edit

Particle edit

ماشـ (māš)

  1. will (prefix indicating the future tense)

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Persian ماش (mâš), from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, mungo bean).

Noun edit

ماش (maş)

  1. mung bean, green gram (Vigna radiata)
  2. mungo bean, black gram (Vigna mungo)

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: maş

Persian edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit माष (māṣa, mungo bean).

Noun edit

ماش (mâš)

  1. mung bean (Vigna radiata, ماش سبز (mâš sabz)) and mungo bean (Vigna mungo, ماش سیاه (mâš siyâh))

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մաշ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 258
  • Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “ماش”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum[2] (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, page 1118b

Ushojo edit

Noun edit

ماش (māš)

  1. uncle, (khalu)