As a deity name
Name 678 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
मषी · noun · feminine
काजल । सुरमा · स्याही — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ मषि
मषी · mashī · s.f.
Ink (i.q. masi, or masī, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1041
मसि · feminine
ink
Cited formation "मषी" is मष + -ई: मष means "यज्ञ", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मषी" is मष + -ई: मष means "यज्ञ", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मषी" is मष + -ई: मष means "यज्ञ", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मसि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मसि (masi), a variant of मषि (maṣi). Cognate with Sindhi मसु (masu).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
masi and masī, incorrectly for maṣi and maṣī, q.v. (masī-√ bhū, to become black, Śiś. xx, 63; cf. maṣī-bhāvuka)
masi mf. (-siḥ-sī) 1 Ink. 2 The stalk of the Nyctanthes tristis. E. masa to weigh, Uṇādi aff. in; it also occurs, maśi, maśī, maṣi, and maṣī.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
in comp.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "maṣī" is the nominative dual of "maṣi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
maṣī (= maṣi), in comp.
maṣiḥ -ṣī f. = masī q. v.
maṣi m. f. (or f(˚ṣī). ; cf. below) powder, (esp.) a black p˚ used to paint the eyes, soot, lampblack, ink, Kāv.; Var.; Suśr. &c.
maṣi f. (-ṣiḥ-ṣī) 1 Ink. 2 The stalk of the Nyctanthes tristis. E. maṣa to hurt, in aff.; also maśi or masi.
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