मौसी مَوسی ♣ Eng. mother + sister

मौसी مَوسی ♣ Eng. mother + sister

[mɔ̵sī], f. a maternal aunt.

[◀MIA: Pk. māus(s)ī-, māussiā-, māsiā-, māucc(h)ā- f. ‘mother’s sister’; Pa. mātucchā- f. ‘mother’s sister’ ◀OIA mātuḥṣvasr̥- f. ‘mother’s sister’ Pāṇ., mātr̥ṣvasr̥- f. Mn. <+②svásr̥- f. ‘sister’ RV. (♣Eng. sister ) <.mātŕ̥- f. ‘mother’ RV. ◀PIE *mātér- ‘mother’] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙▶Eng. mother ] ♣[=PIE▶∙∙∙→Eng. maternal, matrix, material, matter ]

☞ (Platts, 1884) 1091; (Turner, 1966) 10001, 10016, ② 13913; (Pali-Eng., 1925) 528; (MW, 1899) 0807, ② 1282; (Pokorny, 1959) 0700, ② 1051; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.345, ② 2.796