तुरुंग

Marathi

Alternative forms

तुरंग (turaṅga)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tronco (“block, prison, dungeon”) (compare Dutch tronk), ultimately from Latin truncus (“trunk”). Compare Gujarati તુરંગ (turaṅg), Kannada ತುರಂಗ (turaṅga), Malayalam തുറുങ്ക് (tuṟuṅkŭ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t̪u.ɾuŋ.ɡə/

Noun

तुरुंग • (turuṅga) n

jail, prison

Declension

Declension of तुरुंग (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	तुरुंग turuṅg
direct plural	तुरुंगे, तुरुंगं turuṅge, turuṅga
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	तुरुंग turuṅg	तुरुंगे, तुरुंगं turuṅge, turuṅga
oblique सामान्यरूप	तुरुंगा turuṅgā	तुरुंगां- turuṅgān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	तुरुंगाला turuṅgālā	तुरुंगांना turuṅgānnā
ergative	तुरुंगाने, तुरुंगानं turuṅgāne, turuṅgāna	तुरुंगांनी turuṅgānnī
instrumental	तुरुंगाशी turuṅgāśī	तुरुंगांशी turuṅgānśī
locative सप्तमी	तुरुंगात turuṅgāt	तुरुंगांत turuṅgāt
vocative संबोधन	तुरुंगा turuṅgā	तुरुंगांनो turuṅgānno
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 तुरुंग (neut 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	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	तुरुंगाचा turuṅgāċā	तुरुंगाचे turuṅgāċe	तुरुंगाची turuṅgācī	तुरुंगाच्या turuṅgācā	तुरुंगाचे, तुरुंगाचं turuṅgāċe, turuṅgāċa	तुरुंगाची turuṅgācī	तुरुंगाच्या turuṅgācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	तुरुंगांचा turuṅgānċā	तुरुंगांचे turuṅgānċe	तुरुंगांची turuṅgāñcī	तुरुंगांच्या turuṅgāncā	तुरुंगांचे, तुरुंगांचं turuṅgānċe, turuṅgānċa	तुरुंगांची turuṅgāñcī	तुरुंगांच्या turuṅgāñcā
^* 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.

Derived terms

तुरुंगवास (turuṅgvās, “imprisonment”)

References

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “तुरुंग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तुरुंग”, 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) “तुरुंग”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)