किल्ली

See also: कल्ल, किल्ला, कुलाल, and केल्लो

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘎𑘲𑘩𑘲 (kīlī) (compare Sanskrit कील (kīla)). Compare खिळा (khiḷā, “nail, spike”). Cognate with Gujarati કિલ્લી (killī), Punjabi ਕਿੱਲੀ (killī) / کِلّی (killī).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kil.li/, [kil.liː]

Noun

किल्ली • (killī) f

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Synonym: चावी (ċāvī)

Declension

Declension of किल्ली (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	किल्ली killī
direct plural	किल्ल्या killyā
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	किल्ली killī	किल्ल्या killyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	किल्ली killī	किल्ल्यां- killyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	किल्लीला killīlā	किल्ल्यांना killyānnā
ergative	किल्लीने, किल्लीनं killīne, killīna	किल्ल्यांनी killyānnī
instrumental	किल्लीशी killīśī	किल्ल्यांशी killyānśī
locative सप्तमी	किल्लीत killīt	किल्ल्यांत killyāt
vocative संबोधन	किल्ली killī	किल्ल्यांनो killyānno
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 किल्ली (fem ī-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	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	किल्लीचा killīċā	किल्लीचे killīċe	किल्लीची killīcī	किल्लीच्या killīcā	किल्लीचे, किल्लीचं killīċe, killīċa	किल्लीची killīcī	किल्लीच्या killīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	किल्ल्यांचा killyānċā	किल्ल्यांचे killyānċe	किल्ल्यांची killyāñcī	किल्ल्यांच्या killyāncā	किल्ल्यांचे, किल्ल्यांचं killyānċe, killyānċa	किल्ल्यांची killyāñcī	किल्ल्यांच्या killyāñcā
^* 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.

References

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “किल्ली”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “किल्ली”, 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) “किल्ली”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kīla¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press