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matsya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
mat-sya
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The first of ten successive avatars of the god Vishnu, who saved the first man Manu from a great flood in the form of a fish.

name

An ancient kingdom mentioned in the Mahabharata, ruled by King Virāta.

name

Name of one of the eighteen Puranas.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya, “fish”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does matsya mean?
The first of ten successive avatars of the god Vishnu, who saved the first man Manu from a great flood in the form of a fish.
Where does matsya come from?
Borrowed from Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya, “fish”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas.

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