विधुर
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विधुर (vidhura, “widower”).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʋɪ.d̪ʱʊɾ/
Noun
विधुर • (vidhur) m
- widower
- Synonym: रंडवा (raṇḍvā)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | विधुर vidhur |
विधुर vidhur |
| oblique | विधुर vidhur |
विधुरों vidhurõ |
| vocative | विधुर vidhur |
विधुरो vidhuro |
Further reading
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “विधुर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 922
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “विधुर”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 706
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “विधुर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 4489
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit विधुर (vidhura, “widower”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʋi.d̪ʱuɾ/, [ʋi.d̪ʱuːɾ]
- Hyphenation: वि‧धुर
- Rhymes: -uɾ
Noun
विधुर • (vidhur) m (feminine विधवा)
Declension
| Declension of विधुर (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
विधुर vidhur | ||
| direct plural |
विधुर vidhur | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
विधुर vidhur |
विधुर vidhur | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
विधुरा vidhurā |
विधुरां- vidhurān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
विधुराला vidhurālā |
विधुरांना vidhurānnā | |
| ergative | विधुराने, विधुरानं vidhurāne, vidhurāna |
विधुरांनी vidhurānnī | |
| instrumental | विधुराशी vidhurāśī |
विधुरांशी vidhurānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
विधुरात vidhurāt |
विधुरांत vidhurāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
विधुरा vidhurā |
विधुरांनो vidhurānno | |
| 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 विधुर (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 |
विधुराचा vidhurāċā |
विधुराचे vidhurāċe |
विधुराची vidhurācī |
विधुराच्या vidhurācā |
विधुराचे, विधुराचं vidhurāċe, vidhurāċa |
विधुराची vidhurācī |
विधुराच्या vidhurācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
विधुरांचा vidhurānċā |
विधुरांचे vidhurānċe |
विधुरांची vidhurāñcī |
विधुरांच्या vidhurāncā |
विधुरांचे, विधुरांचं vidhurānċe, vidhurānċa |
विधुरांची vidhurāñcī |
विधुरांच्या vidhurāñcā | |
| * 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) “विधुर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies