# Matsya

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. 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 (mátsya, “fish”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/matsya