उंट
Marathi
Etymology
| पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): उंट m (uṇṭa) |
| स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): उंटीण f (uṇṭīṇ) |
Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa), from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (úṣṭra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *úṣṭras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras. Cognate with Konkani ओंटे (oṇṭê), Gujarati ઊંટ (ū̃ṭa), Hindi ऊँट (ū̃ṭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uɳ.ʈə/
Noun
उंट • (uṇṭa) m
- camel, dromedary
- उंट वाळवंटात आढळतात.
- uṇṭa vāḷvaṇṭāt āḍhaḷtāt.
- Camels are found in desert.
- (chess) bishop
Declension
| Declension of उंट (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
उंट uṇṭa | ||
| direct plural |
उंट uṇṭa | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
उंट uṇṭa |
उंट uṇṭa | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
उंटा uṇṭā |
उंटां- uṇṭān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
उंटाला uṇṭālā |
उंटांना uṇṭānnā | |
| ergative | उंटाने, उंटानं uṇṭāne, uṇṭāna |
उंटांनी uṇṭānnī | |
| instrumental | उंटाशी uṇṭāśī |
उंटांशी uṇṭānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
उंटात uṇṭāt |
उंटांत uṇṭāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
उंटा uṇṭā |
उंटांनो uṇṭānno | |
| 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 उंट (masc cons-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 |
उंटाचा uṇṭāċā |
उंटाचे uṇṭāċe |
उंटाची uṇṭācī |
उंटाच्या uṇṭācā |
उंटाचे, उंटाचं uṇṭāċe, uṇṭāċa |
उंटाची uṇṭācī |
उंटाच्या uṇṭācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
उंटांचा uṇṭānċā |
उंटांचे uṇṭānċe |
उंटांची uṇṭāñcī |
उंटांच्या uṇṭāncā |
उंटांचे, उंटांचं uṇṭānċe, uṇṭānċa |
उंटांची uṇṭāñcī |
उंटांच्या uṇṭāñcā | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
See also
| Chess pieces in Marathi · बुद्धिबळातील सोंगट्या (buddhibḷātīl soṅgaṭyā) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| राजा (rājā) | वजीर (vajīr), राणी (rāṇī), मंत्री (mantrī) |
हत्ती (hattī) | उंट (uṇṭa) | घोडा (ghoḍā) | प्यादे (pyāde) |
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “उंट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “उंट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “उंट”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “úṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press