मांस

Alternative forms

• माँस (mā̃s)
• मास (mās) – obsolete

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀸𑀁𑀲 (māṃsa), from Sanskrit मांस (māṃsa), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɑːns/

Noun

मांस • (māns) m (Urdu spelling مانس‎ or ماس‎)

1. meat

   यह मांस में बहुत चिकनाई होती है।

   yah māns mẽ bahut ciknāī hotī hai.

   There is a lot of grease in this meat.

   यह मांस विशेष रूप से तुम्हारे लिए पकाया गया था।

   yah māns viśeṣ rūp se tumhāre lie pakāyā gayā thā.

   This meat was cooked especially for you.

   Synonyms: गोश्त (gośt), बोटी (boṭī)

2. flesh

   रोग के कारण, उसका टांग का मांस फूला-फूला हो गया था।

   rog ke kāraṇ, uskā ṭāṅg kā māns phūlā-phūlā ho gayā thā.

   Due to the disease, the flesh on his legs became swollen.

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *māmsás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *māmsás, from Proto-Indo-European *mēmso-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic мѧсо (męso), Latin membrum and Old Armenian միս (mis), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz, “meat”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ː.s̪ɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑ̃ː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

मांस • (māṃsá) n

1. flesh, meat flesh, (also said of the fleshy part or pulp of fruit)
2. Name of a mixed caste
3. a worm
4. time

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 805