Matsya

English

noun
Definitions
  • (Hinduism) 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मत्स्य (fish) derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas.

Origin

Proto-Indo-Iranian

*mátsyas

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