मासा

Marathi

Etymology

From Old Marathi मासा (māsā), मछ (macha), मच्छ (maccha), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha), from Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Doublet of मत्स्य (matsya). Cognate with Hindi मच्छ (macch), Sindhi مَڇُ‎ / मछु (machu), Punjabi ਮੱਛ (macḥ), Nepali माछा (māchā), Oriya ମାଛ (machô), Bengali মাছ (mach), Assamese মাছ (mas).

Noun

मासा • (māsā) m

  1. fish

References
  • Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “मासा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “मासा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule and Anne Feldhau (1999), “मासा”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mátsya (9758)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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