मेण
Konkani
Etymology
From Sanskrit मदन (madana, “beeswax”). Cognate with Gujarati મીણ (mīṇ), Marathi मेण (meṇ), Telugu మైనము (mainamu).
Noun
मेण • (meṇ) (Latin script menn, Kannada script ಮೆಣ್)
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi मेण (meṇa), from Sanskrit मदन (madana). Cognate with Gujarati મીણ (mīṇ), Konkani मेण (meṇ), Telugu మైనము (mainamu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɳ/
Noun
मेण • (meṇ) n
Declension
| Declension of मेण (neut cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
मेण meṇ | ||
| direct plural |
मेणे, मेणं meṇe, meṇa | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
मेण meṇ |
मेणे, मेणं meṇe, meṇa | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
मेणा meṇā |
मेणां- meṇān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
मेणाला meṇālā |
मेणांना meṇānnā | |
| ergative | मेणाने, मेणानं meṇāne, meṇāna |
मेणांनी meṇānnī | |
| instrumental | मेणाशी meṇāśī |
मेणांशी meṇānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
मेणात meṇāt |
मेणांत meṇāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
मेणा meṇā |
मेणांनो meṇānno | |
| 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 मेण (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 |
मेणाचा meṇāċā |
मेणाचे meṇāċe |
मेणाची meṇācī |
मेणाच्या meṇācā |
मेणाचे, मेणाचं meṇāċe, meṇāċa |
मेणाची meṇācī |
मेणाच्या meṇācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
मेणांचा meṇānċā |
मेणांचे meṇānċe |
मेणांची meṇāñcī |
मेणांच्या meṇāncā |
मेणांचे, मेणांचं meṇānċe, meṇānċa |
मेणांची meṇāñcī |
मेणांच्या meṇāñcā | |
| * 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
- मेणबत्ती (meṇbattī, “candle”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मेण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “मेण”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press