मास

See also: मस्, मास्, माँस, मांस, मांसं, मासु, मासा, मौसी, मूसा, and मिस

Hindi

मास • (mās) m (Urdu spelling ماس)

Declension of मास (masc cons-stem)

मास • (mās) (Latin script mas, Kannada script ಮಾಸ್)

Alternative scripts

मास m

Declension table of "मास" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	मासो (māso)	मासा (māsā)
Accusative (second)	मासं (māsaṃ)	मासे (māse)
Instrumental (third)	मासेन (māsena)	मासेहि (māsehi) or मासेभि (māsebhi)
Dative (fourth)	मासस्स (māsassa) or मासाय (māsāya) or मासत्थं (māsatthaṃ)	मासानं (māsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	मासस्मा (māsasmā) or मासम्हा (māsamhā) or मासा (māsā)	मासेहि (māsehi) or मासेभि (māsebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	मासस्स (māsassa)	मासानं (māsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	मासस्मिं (māsasmiṃ) or मासम्हि (māsamhi) or मासे (māse)	मासेसु (māsesu)
Vocative (calling)	मास (māsa)	मासा (māsā)

मास • (mā́sa) stem, m

the moon
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 10.92.12:
  सूर्यामासा विचरन्ता दिविक्षिता धिया शमीनहुषी अस्य बोधतम् ॥
  sūryāmāsā vicarantā divikṣitā dhiyā śamīnahuṣī asya bodhatam.
  Ye Sun and Moon who dwell in heaven and move in turn, and with your thought, O Earth and Sky, observe this well.
a month or the 12th part of the Hindu year
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 6.24.7:
  न यं जरन्ति शरदो न मासा न द्याव इन्द्रमवकर्शयन्ति ।
  वृद्धस्य चिद्वर्धतामस्य तनू स्तोमेभिरुक्थैश्च शस्यमाना ॥
  na yaṃ jaranti śarado na māsā na dyāva indramavakarśayanti.
  vṛddhasya cidvardhatāmasya tanū stomebhirukthaiśca śasyamānā.
  That Indra whom nor months nor autumn seasons cause to wither with age, nor fleeting days enfeeble,—
  Still may his body Wax, e’en now so mighty, glorified by the lauds and hymns that praise him.
मासम् (māsam) — for a month

मासम् एकम् (māsam ekam) — for one month

मासेन (māsena) — in the course of a month

मासे (māse) — in a month = after the lapse of a month
a symbolical name for the number twelve

Masculine a-stem declension of मास (mā́sa)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मासः mā́saḥ	मासौ / मासा¹ mā́sau / mā́sā¹	मासाः / मासासः¹ mā́sāḥ / mā́sāsaḥ¹
Vocative	मास mā́sa	मासौ / मासा¹ mā́sau / mā́sā¹	मासाः / मासासः¹ mā́sāḥ / mā́sāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मासम् mā́sam	मासौ / मासा¹ mā́sau / mā́sā¹	मासान् mā́sān
Instrumental	मासेन mā́sena	मासाभ्याम् mā́sābhyām	मासैः / मासेभिः¹ mā́saiḥ / mā́sebhiḥ¹
Dative	मासाय mā́sāya	मासाभ्याम् mā́sābhyām	मासेभ्यः mā́sebhyaḥ
Ablative	मासात् mā́sāt	मासाभ्याम् mā́sābhyām	मासेभ्यः mā́sebhyaḥ
Genitive	मासस्य mā́sasya	मासयोः mā́sayoḥ	मासानाम् mā́sānām
Locative	मासे mā́se	मासयोः mā́sayoḥ	मासेषु mā́seṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (māsa)
- Assamese: মাহ (mah)
- Bengali: মাস (maś)
- Odia: ମାସ (māsa)
Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (māsa)
- Marathi: मास (mās)
Pali: māsa
Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: مَان٘ہہ (māṉh)
- Saraiki: مَان٘ہہ (māṉh)
Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀲 (māsa)
- Gujarati: માસ (mās)
- Hindi: मास (mās)
- Nepali: मास (mās)
Sinhalese: මාසය (māsaya)
→ Malayalam: മാസം (māsaṁ)
→ Kannada: ಮಾಸ (māsa)
→ Old Javanese: māsa
- Javanese: ꦩꦁꦱ (mangsa)
- → Balinese: ᬫᬵᬲ (masa)
→ Tamil: மாசம் (mācam), மாதம் (mātam)
→ Telugu: మాసము (māsamu)

Monier Williams (1899) “मास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0814.