Punjabi

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Etymology

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From Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit [script needed] (māusī)), from Sanskrit मातुःष्वसृ (mātuḥṣvasṛ).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ਮਾਸੀ (māsīf (Shahmukhi spelling ماسی)

  1. aunt (mother's sister)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mātuḥṣvasr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press