Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“sin”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
मांसिक · noun · masculine
कसाई । मांसाविक्रेता ।—संपूर्णा॰ अभि॰ ग्रं॰, पृ॰ २४९ — Śabdasāgara
माँ · feminine
mother; mum, mummy
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit मातृ — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀤𑀸 (mādā), from Sanskrit मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *máHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Doublet of माता (mātā), a tatsama. Compare Punjabi ਮਾਂ (mā̃), Gujarati મા (mā), માં (mā̃), Bengali মা (ma), Assamese মা (ma), Odia…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. mātṛ m. (for 2. mātṛ f. See p. 807, col. 1) a measurer,Nir. xi, 5
one who measures across or traverses, RV. viii, 41, 4 (cf. 10)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a butcher or a seller of meat
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "māṃsika" is the vocative of "māṃsikā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "māṃsika" is derived from "māṃsi" with the ṭhak/ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
māṃsi m. sperm
māṃsi mfn. having the smell of sperm, L.
māṃsika mfn. mājṃsāya prabhavati, g. saṃtāpādi
= māṃsaṃ niyuktaṃ dīyate 'smai, Kāś. on Pāṇ. iv, 4, 67
M3 · meaning shifts "māṃsika" is derived from "māṃs" with the ṭhak suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
māṃs n. flesh, meat &c. (= maṃsa, for which it is used in the weak cases accord. to Pāṇ. vi, 1, 63, Vārtt. 1, Pat.)
it appears only in the following compounds.
māṃsika mfn. mājṃsāya prabhavati, g. saṃtāpādi
= māṃsaṃ niyuktaṃ dīyate 'smai, Kāś. on Pāṇ. iv, 4, 67
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
māṃsika mfn. mājṃsāya prabhavati, g. saṃtāpādi
= māṃsaṃ niyuktaṃ dīyate 'smai, Kāś. on Pāṇ. iv, 4, 67
māṃsika m. a butcher or a seller of meat, SaddhP.
māṃsika m. (-kaḥ) A vender of flesh or meat, whether of beasts or of birds. E. māṃsa flesh, ṭhan aff.
māṃsikā, māṃsinī or māṃsī, f. Nardostachys Jatamansi, L.
māṃsi m. sperm
māṃsi mfn. having the smell of sperm, L.
māṃs n. flesh, meat &c. (= maṃsa, for which it is used in the weak cases accord. to Pāṇ. vi, 1, 63, Vārtt. 1, Pat.)
it appears only in the following compounds.
Alternative readings
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