ताफा

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian طایفه (tayefeh, band, company), from Arabic طائفة (ṭāʔifa, faction, party).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪a.pʰa/

Noun

ताफा • (tāphām

  1. retinue, entourage, fleet
    Synonym: परिवार (parivār)
  2. a band of dancing girls and musicians

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
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 (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (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)