माज
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘕 (māja), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚 (majja), from Sanskrit मद्य (mádya). Cognate with Hindi माँजा (māñjā). Doublet of मद्य (madya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mad͡z/
Noun
माज • (māj̈) m
- arrogance
- Synonyms: अहंकार (ahaṅkār), उद्धटपणा (uddhaṭapṇā)
- heat (intensity of feeling, such as the desire of copulation in animals)
Declension
| Declension of माज (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
माज māj̈ | ||
| direct plural |
माज māj̈ | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
माज māj̈ |
माज māj̈ | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
माजा māj̈ā |
माजां- māj̈ān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
माजाला māj̈ālā |
माजांना māj̈ānnā | |
| ergative | माजाने, माजानं māj̈āne, māj̈āna |
माजांनी māj̈ānnī | |
| instrumental | माजाशी māj̈āśī |
माजांशी māj̈ānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
माजात māj̈āt |
माजांत māj̈āt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
माजा māj̈ā |
माजांनो māj̈ānno | |
| 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 माज (masc 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 |
माजाचा māj̈āċā |
माजाचे māj̈āċe |
माजाची māj̈ācī |
माजाच्या māj̈ācā |
माजाचे, माजाचं māj̈āċe, māj̈āċa |
माजाची māj̈ācī |
माजाच्या māj̈ācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
माजांचा māj̈ānċā |
माजांचे māj̈ānċe |
माजांची māj̈āñcī |
माजांच्या māj̈āncā |
माजांचे, माजांचं māj̈ānċe, māj̈ānċa |
माजांची māj̈āñcī |
माजांच्या māj̈āñcā | |
| * 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
- माज येणे (māj yeṇe), माजावर येणे (mājāvar yeṇe, “to come into heat”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “माज”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माज”, 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) “माज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mádya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press