पाखरू
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi पाखिरूं (pākhirūṃ), from Sanskrit पक्षिरूप (pakṣirūpa), from पक्षिन् (pakṣin, “bird”) + रूप (rūpa, “shape”). Compare Gujarati પંખેરું (paṅkherũ), Hindi पखेरू (pakherū).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pakʰ.ɾu/, [pakʰ.ɾuː]
Noun
पाखरू • (pākhrū) n
Declension
| Declension of पाखरू (neut cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
पाखर pākhar | ||
| direct plural |
पाखरे, पाखरं pākhare, pākhra | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
पाखर pākhar |
पाखरे, पाखरं pākhare, pākhra | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
पाखरा pākharā |
पाखरां- pākharān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
पाखराला pākharālā |
पाखरांना pākharānnā | |
| ergative | पाखराने, पाखरानं pākharāne, pākharāna |
पाखरांनी pākharānnī | |
| instrumental | पाखराशी pākharāśī |
पाखरांशी pākharānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
पाखरात pākharāt |
पाखरांत pākharāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
पाखरा pākharā |
पाखरांनो pākharānno | |
| 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 पाखरू (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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
पाखराचा pākharāċā |
पाखराचे pākharāċe |
पाखराची pākharācī |
पाखराच्या pākharācā |
पाखराचे, पाखराचं pākharāċe, pākharāċa |
पाखराची pākharācī |
पाखराच्या pākharācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
पाखरांचा pākharānċā |
पाखरांचे pākharānċe |
पाखरांची pākharāñcī |
पाखरांच्या pākharāncā |
पाखरांचे, पाखरांचं pākharānċe, pākharānċa |
पाखरांची pākharāñcī |
पाखरांच्या pākharāñcā | |
| * 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
- फुलपाखरू (phulpākhrū, “butterfly”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “पाखरू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पाखरूं”, 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) “पाखरूं”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “पाखरू”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pakṣirūpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press