ताफा
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian طایفه (tayefeh, “band, company”), from Arabic طائفة (ṭāʔifa, “faction, party”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t̪a.pʰa/
Noun
ताफा • (tāphā) m
Declension
| Declension of ताफा (masc ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
ताफा tāphā | ||
| direct plural |
ताफे tāphe | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
ताफा tāphā |
ताफे tāphe | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
ताफ्या tāphyā |
ताफ्यां- tāphyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
ताफ्याला tāphyālā |
ताफ्यांना tāphyānnā | |
| ergative | ताफ्याने, ताफ्यानं tāphyāne, tāphyāna |
ताफ्यांनी tāphyānnī | |
| instrumental | ताफ्याशी tāphyāśī |
ताफ्यांशी tāphyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
ताफ्यात tāphyāt |
ताफ्यांत tāphyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
ताफ्या tāphyā |
ताफ्यांनो tāphyānno | |
| 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 ताफा (masc 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 |
ताफ्याचा tāphyāċā |
ताफ्याचे tāphyāċe |
ताफ्याची tāphyācī |
ताफ्याच्या tāphyācā |
ताफ्याचे, ताफ्याचं tāphyāċe, tāphyāċa |
ताफ्याची tāphyācī |
ताफ्याच्या tāphyācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
ताफ्यांचा tāphyānċā |
ताफ्यांचे tāphyānċe |
ताफ्यांची tāphyāñcī |
ताफ्यांच्या tāphyāncā |
ताफ्यांचे, ताफ्यांचं tāphyānċe, tāphyānċa |
ताफ्यांची tāphyāñcī |
ताफ्यांच्या tāphyāñcā | |
| * 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) “ताफा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ताफा”, 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) “ताफा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)