आजोबा
Marathi
Etymology
From आजा (āj̈ā, “grandfather”) + -बा (-bā, “honorific suffix”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.d͡zo.ba/
- Hyphenation: आ‧जो‧बा
- Rhymes: -a
Noun
आजोबा • (āj̈obā) m (feminine आजी)
- (respectful) grandfather, paternal or maternal
- Synonyms: आजा (āj̈ā), आज्जा (āj̈j̈ā), आबा (ābā) (less common)
- (respectful) old man
Usage notes
- *आजोबे (āj̈obe) as a marked direct plural of आजोबा (āj̈obā) is ungrammatical. For a marked direct plural of grandfather, the direct plural of आजा (āj̈ā), which is आजे (āj̈e), is used instead.
Declension
| Declension of आजोबा (masc unmarked ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
आजोबा ājobā | ||
| direct plural |
आजोबा ājobā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
आजोबा ājobā |
आजोबा ājobā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
आजोबा āj̈obā |
आजोबां- āj̈obān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
आजोबाला āj̈obālā |
आजोबांना āj̈obānnā | |
| ergative | आजोबाने, आजोबानं āj̈obāne, āj̈obāna |
आजोबांनी āj̈obānnī | |
| instrumental | आजोबाशी āj̈obāśī |
आजोबांशी āj̈obānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
आजोबात āj̈obāt |
आजोबांत āj̈obāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
आजोबा āj̈obā |
आजोबांनो āj̈obānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of आजोबा (masc unmarked ā-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
आजोबाचा āj̈obāċā |
आजोबाचे āj̈obāċe |
आजोबाची āj̈obācī |
आजोबाच्या āj̈obācā |
आजोबाचे, आजोबाचं āj̈obāċe, āj̈obāċa |
आजोबाची āj̈obācī |
आजोबाच्या āj̈obācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
आजोबांचा āj̈obānċā |
आजोबांचे āj̈obānċe |
आजोबांची āj̈obāñcī |
आजोबांच्या āj̈obāncā |
आजोबांचे, आजोबांचं āj̈obānċe, āj̈obānċa |
आजोबांची āj̈obāñcī |
आजोबांच्या āj̈obāñcā | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition. | ||||||||
Further reading
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “आजोबा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 8
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आजोबा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 64
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “आजोबा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press, page 41
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “आजोबा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 221