रामबाण
Hindi
Etymology
From राम (rām, “Rāma”) + बाण (bāṇ, “arrow”), literally Rama's arrow.
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾɑːm.bɑːɳ/, [ɾä̃ːm.bä̃ːɳ]
Noun
रामबाण • (rāmbāṇ) m
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | रामबाण rāmbāṇ |
रामबाण rāmbāṇ |
| oblique | रामबाण rāmbāṇ |
रामबाणों rāmbāṇõ |
| vocative | रामबाण rāmbāṇ |
रामबाणो rāmbāṇo |
Marathi
Etymology
Sanskritic formation from राम (rām, “Rama's”) + बाण (bāṇ, “arrow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾam.baɳ/
- Rhymes: -aɳ
- Hyphenation: राम‧बाण
Adverb
रामबाण • (rāmbāṇ)
Noun
रामबाण • (rāmbāṇ) m
- (idiomatic) a potent and effective medicine, elixir
- (figuratively) any solution, promise or prediction that is infallible
Declension
| Declension of रामबाण (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
रामबाण rāmbāṇ | ||
| direct plural |
रामबाण rāmbāṇ | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
रामबाण rāmbāṇ |
रामबाण rāmbāṇ | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
रामबाणा rāmbāṇā |
रामबाणां- rāmbāṇān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
रामबाणाला rāmbāṇālā |
रामबाणांना rāmbāṇānnā | |
| ergative | रामबाणाने, रामबाणानं rāmbāṇāne, rāmbāṇāna |
रामबाणांनी rāmbāṇānnī | |
| instrumental | रामबाणाशी rāmbāṇāśī |
रामबाणांशी rāmbāṇānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
रामबाणात rāmbāṇāt |
रामबाणांत rāmbāṇāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
रामबाणा rāmbāṇā |
रामबाणांनो rāmbāṇānno | |
| 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 रामबाण (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 |
रामबाणाचा rāmbāṇāċā |
रामबाणाचे rāmbāṇāċe |
रामबाणाची rāmbāṇācī |
रामबाणाच्या rāmbāṇācā |
रामबाणाचे, रामबाणाचं rāmbāṇāċe, rāmbāṇāċa |
रामबाणाची rāmbāṇācī |
रामबाणाच्या rāmbāṇācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
रामबाणांचा rāmbāṇānċā |
रामबाणांचे rāmbāṇānċe |
रामबाणांची rāmbāṇāñcī |
रामबाणांच्या rāmbāṇāncā |
रामबाणांचे, रामबाणांचं rāmbāṇānċe, rāmbāṇānċa |
रामबाणांची rāmbāṇāñcī |
रामबाणांच्या rāmbāṇāñcā | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
References
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रामबाण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “रामबाण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies