मास
Hindi
editEtymology
editInherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (māsa), from Sanskrit मास (māsa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Hasas (“moon, month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”). See मास (māsa) for more. Doublet of माह (māh). Distant cognate of English moon and Portuguese mês (“month”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editमास • (mās) m (Urdu spelling ماس)
Declension
editKonkani
editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit मांस (māṃsá), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms. Compare Kalasha mos.
Noun
editPali
editAlternative forms
editAlternative scripts
Noun
editमास m
- Devanagari script form of māsa (“month”)
- Devanagari script form of māsa (“mungo bean”)
Declension
editDeclension table of "मास" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | मासो (māso) | मासा (māsā) |
Accusative (second) | मासं (māsaṃ) | मासे (māse) |
Instrumental (third) | मासेन (māsena) | मासेहि (māsehi) or मासेभि (māsebhi) |
Dative (fourth) | मासस्स (māsassa) or मासाय (māsāya) or मासत्थं (māsatthaṃ) | मासानं (māsānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | मासस्मा (māsasmā) or मासम्हा (māsamhā) or मासा (māsā) | मासेहि (māsehi) or मासेभि (māsebhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | मासस्स (māsassa) | मासानं (māsānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | मासस्मिं (māsasmiṃ) or मासम्हि (māsamhi) or मासे (māse) | मासेसु (māsesu) |
Vocative (calling) | मास (māsa) | मासा (māsā) |
Sanskrit
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative scripts
- মাস (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
- মাস (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- မာသ (Burmese script)
- માસ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಾಸ (Kannada script)
- មាស (Khmer script)
- ມາສ (Lao script)
- മാസ (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
- ମାସ (Odia script)
- ꢪꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
- මාස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
- மாஸ (Tamil script)
- మాస (Telugu script)
- มาส (Thai script)
- མཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-Iranian *mā́Hasas (“moon, month”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”), which underwent thematicization. Cognate with Latin mensis, Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn), Old Persian 𐎶𐎠𐏃 (m-a-h /māha/) (Persian ماه (mâh)), Old English mōnaþ, mōna (whence English month, moon).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editमास • (mā́sa) stem, m
- the moon
- a month or the 12th part of the Hindu year
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.7:
- न यं जरन्ति शरदो न मासा न द्याव इन्द्रमवकर्शयन्ति ।
वृद्धस्य चिद्वर्धतामस्य तनू स्तोमेभिरुक्थैश्च शस्यमाना ॥- na yaṃ jaranti śarado na māsā na dyāva indramavakarśayanti.
vṛddhasya cidvardhatāmasya tanū stomebhirukthaiśca śasyamānā. - That Indra whom nor months nor autumn seasons cause to wither with age, nor fleeting days enfeeble,—
Still may his body Wax, e’en now so mighty, glorified by the lauds and hymns that praise him.
- na yaṃ jaranti śarado na māsā na dyāva indramavakarśayanti.
- न यं जरन्ति शरदो न मासा न द्याव इन्द्रमवकर्शयन्ति ।
- a symbolical name for the number twelve
Declension
editMasculine a-stem declension of मास (mā́sa) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | मासः mā́saḥ |
मासौ / मासा¹ mā́sau / mā́sā¹ |
मासाः / मासासः¹ mā́sāḥ / mā́sāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | मास mā́sa |
मासौ / मासा¹ mā́sau / mā́sā¹ |
मासाः / मासासः¹ mā́sāḥ / mā́sāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | मासम् mā́sam |
मासौ / मासा¹ mā́sau / mā́sā¹ |
मासान् mā́sān |
Instrumental | मासेन mā́sena |
मासाभ्याम् mā́sābhyām |
मासैः / मासेभिः¹ mā́saiḥ / mā́sebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | मासाय mā́sāya |
मासाभ्याम् mā́sābhyām |
मासेभ्यः mā́sebhyaḥ |
Ablative | मासात् mā́sāt |
मासाभ्याम् mā́sābhyām |
मासेभ्यः mā́sebhyaḥ |
Genitive | मासस्य mā́sasya |
मासयोः mā́sayoḥ |
मासानाम् mā́sānām |
Locative | मासे mā́se |
मासयोः mā́sayoḥ |
मासेषु mā́seṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
edit- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (māsa)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (māsa)
- Marathi: मास (mās)
- Pali: māsa
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (māsa)
- Sinhalese: මාසය (māsaya)
- → Malayalam: മാസം (māsaṁ)
- → Kannada: ಮಾಸ (māsa)
- → Old Javanese: māsa
- → Tamil: மாசம் (mācam), மாதம் (mātam)
- → Telugu: మాసము (māsamu)
See also
editReferences
edit- Monier Williams (1899) “मास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0814.
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