मुलूख

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ملک (mulk), from Arabic مُلْك (mulk, kingdom, dominion). Compare Gujarati મુલક (mulak), Hindi मुल्क (mulk), Punjabi ਮੁਲਕ (mulak) / مُلک (mulk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.lukʰ/, [mu.luːkʰ]
  • Hyphenation: मु‧लूख
  • Rhymes: -ukʰ

Noun

मुलूख • (mulūkhm (archaic)

  1. country, region, territory, tract
    Synonyms: देश (deś), राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra), क्षेत्र (kṣetra)

Declension

Declension of मुलूख (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
मुलूख
mulūkh
direct
plural
मुलूख
mulūkh
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
मुलूख
mulūkh
मुलूख
mulūkh
oblique
सामान्यरूप
मुलूखा
mulūkhā
मुलूखां-
mulūkhān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
मुलूखाला
mulūkhālā
मुलूखांना
mulūkhānnā
ergative मुलूखाने, मुलूखानं
mulūkhāne, mulūkhāna
मुलूखांनी
mulūkhānnī
instrumental मुलूखाशी
mulūkhāśī
मुलूखांशी
mulūkhānśī
locative
सप्तमी
मुलूखात
mulūkhāt
मुलूखांत
mulūkhāt
vocative
संबोधन
मुलूखा
mulūkhā
मुलूखांनो
mulūkhānno
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 मुलूख (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
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
मुलूखाचा
mulūkhāċā
मुलूखाचे
mulūkhāċe
मुलूखाची
mulūkhācī
मुलूखाच्या
mulūkhācā
मुलूखाचे, मुलूखाचं
mulūkhāċe, mulūkhāċa
मुलूखाची
mulūkhācī
मुलूखाच्या
mulūkhācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
मुलूखांचा
mulūkhānċā
मुलूखांचे
mulūkhānċe
मुलूखांची
mulūkhāñcī
मुलूखांच्या
mulūkhāncā
मुलूखांचे, मुलूखांचं
mulūkhānċe, mulūkhānċa
मुलूखांची
mulūkhāñcī
मुलूखांच्या
mulūkhāñcā
* 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) “मुलूख”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुलूक_or_ख”, 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) “मुलूख-ख”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)