लवाजमा
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian لوازمه (lawāzima), plural of Arabic لَوَازِم (lawāzim), itself a plural of لَازِم (lāzim, “necessary”). So Marathi लवाजमे (lavājme, “retinues”) is etymologically a threefold plural.
Noun
लवाजमा • (lavājmā) m
Declension
| Declension of लवाजमा (masc ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
लवाजमा lavājmā | ||
| direct plural |
लवाजमे lavājme | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
लवाजमा lavājmā |
लवाजमे lavājme | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
लवाजम्या lavājmyā |
लवाजम्यां- lavājmyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
लवाजम्याला lavājmyālā |
लवाजम्यांना lavājmyānnā | |
| ergative | लवाजम्याने, लवाजम्यानं lavājmyāne, lavājmyāna |
लवाजम्यांनी lavājmyānnī | |
| instrumental | लवाजम्याशी lavājmyāśī |
लवाजम्यांशी lavājmyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
लवाजम्यात lavājmyāt |
लवाजम्यांत lavājmyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
लवाजम्या lavājmyā |
लवाजम्यांनो lavājmyānno | |
| 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 लवाजमा (masc ā-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 |
लवाजम्याचा lavājmyāċā |
लवाजम्याचे lavājmyāċe |
लवाजम्याची lavājmyācī |
लवाजम्याच्या lavājmyācā |
लवाजम्याचे, लवाजम्याचं lavājmyāċe, lavājmyāċa |
लवाजम्याची lavājmyācī |
लवाजम्याच्या lavājmyācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
लवाजम्यांचा lavājmyānċā |
लवाजम्यांचे lavājmyānċe |
लवाजम्यांची lavājmyāñcī |
लवाजम्यांच्या lavājmyāncā |
लवाजम्यांचे, लवाजम्यांचं lavājmyānċe, lavājmyānċa |
लवाजम्यांची lavājmyāñcī |
लवाजम्यांच्या lavājmyāñcā | |
| * 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
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “लवाजमा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “लवाजमा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “लवाजमा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “लवाजमा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)