मावशी
See also: मवेशी
Konkani edit
Alternative forms edit
- माउशी (māuśī)
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ, “mother's sister”). Compare Marathi मावशी (māvśī), Hindi मौसी (mausī).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मावशी • (māvśī) f (Latin script mavxi, Kannada script ಮಾವಶೀ)
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘄𑘭𑘲 (māusī), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀺 (māusi), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ, “mother's sister”). Cognate with Hindi मौसी (mausī), Konkani मावशी (māvśī), Punjabi ਮਾਸੀ (māsī) / ماسی (māsī).
Noun edit
मावशी • (māvśī) f
Declension edit
| Declension of मावशी (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
मावशी māvśī | ||
| direct plural |
मावश्या māvśyā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
मावशी māvśī |
मावश्या māvśyā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
मावशी māvśī |
मावश्यां- māvśyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
मावशीला māvśīlā |
मावश्यांना māvśyānnā | |
| ergative | मावशीने, मावशीनं māvśīne, māvśīna |
मावश्यांनी māvśyānnī | |
| instrumental | मावशीशी māvśīśī |
मावश्यांशी māvśyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
मावशीत māvśīt |
मावश्यांत māvśyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
मावशी māvśī |
मावश्यांनो māvśyānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of मावशी (fem ī-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
मावशीचा māvśīċā |
मावशीचे māvśīċe |
मावशीची māvśīcī |
मावशीच्या māvśīcā |
मावशीचे, मावशीचं māvśīċe, māvśīċa |
मावशीची māvśīcī |
मावशीच्या māvśīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
मावश्यांचा māvśyānċā |
मावश्यांचे māvśyānċe |
मावश्यांची māvśyāñcī |
मावश्यांच्या māvśyāncā |
मावश्यांचे, मावश्यांचं māvśyānċe, māvśyānċa |
मावश्यांची māvśyāñcī |
मावश्यांच्या māvśyāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मावशी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मावशी,_मावसी”, 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) “मावशी-सी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press