मुंबई
Hindi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /mʊm.bə.iː/, [mʊ̃m.bɐ.iː]
Proper noun
मुंबई • (mumbaī) f (Urdu spelling مُمْبَئِی)
- Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| direct | मुंबई mumbaī |
| oblique | मुंबई mumbaī |
| vocative | मुंबई mumbaī |
Further reading
- “[1]”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Marathi
Picture dictionary
मुंबई महानगर क्षेत्र
मुंबई
मुलुंड
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ऐरोली
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घणसोली
Etymology
From मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba”, the local mother goddess) + आई (āī, “mother”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mum.bəi/, [mum.bəiː]
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Proper noun
मुंबई • (mumbaī) f
- Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)
Declension
| Declension of मुंबई (मुंबई) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
मुंबई mumbaī | ||
| direct plural |
{{{ dir_pl }}} | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
मुंबई mumbaī |
{{{ dir_pl }}} | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}} |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ं- n- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ला lā |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंना nnā | |
| ergative | {{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ने, {{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}नं ne, na |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंनी nnī | |
| instrumental | {{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}शी śī |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंशी nśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}त t |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंत t | |
| vocative संबोधन |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}} |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंनो nno | |
| 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 मुंबई (मुंबई) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चा ċā |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चे ċe |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ची cī |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}च्या cā |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चे, {{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चं ċe, ċa |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ची cī |
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}च्या cā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचा nċā |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचे nċe |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंची ñcī |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंच्या ncā |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचे, {{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचं nċe, nċa |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंची ñcī |
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंच्या ñcā | |
| * 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
- मुंबईकर (mumbaīkar)
- मुंबईदर्शन (mumbaīdarśan)
- बृहन्मुंबई (bruhanmumbaī)
- नवी मुंबई (navī mumbaī)
Descendants
Terms borrowed from मुंबई (mumbaī)
- → Assamese: মুম্বাই (mumbai)
- → Bengali: মুম্বাই (mumbai)
- → English: Mumbai
- → Gujarati: મુંબઈ (mumbaī)
- → Hindustani: mumbaī
- → Arabic: مُومْبَاي (mūmbāy)
- → Japanese: ムンバイ
- → Kannada: ಮುಂಬೈ (mumbai)
- → Korean: 뭄바이 (mumbai)
- → Malayalam: മുംബൈ (mumbai)
- → Punjabi:
- → Tamil: மும்பை (mumpai)
- → Telugu: ముంబై (mumbai)
Further reading
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुंबई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 659
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मुंबई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2506