हाव

Hindi

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हाव • (hāv) ?

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Derived from Classical Persian (havâ, “desire”), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “vacancy”).

हाव • (hāv) m

Declension of हाव (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	हाव hāva
direct plural	हाव hāva
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	हाव hāva	हाव hāva
oblique सामान्यरूप	हावा hāvaā	हावां- hāvaān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	हावाला hāvaālā	हावांना hāvaānnā
ergative	हावाने, हावानं hāvaāne, hāvaāna	हावांनी hāvaānnī
instrumental	हावाशी hāvaāśī	हावांशी hāvaānśī
locative सप्तमी	हावात hāvaāt	हावांत hāvaāt
vocative संबोधन	हावा hāvaā	हावांनो hāvaānno
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 हाव (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	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	हावाचा hāvaāċā	हावाचे hāvaāċe	हावाची hāvaācī	हावाच्या hāvaācā	हावाचे, हावाचं hāvaāċe, hāvaāċa	हावाची hāvaācī	हावाच्या hāvaācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	हावांचा hāvaānċā	हावांचे hāvaānċe	हावांची hāvaāñcī	हावांच्या hāvaāncā	हावांचे, हावांचं hāvaānċe, hāvaānċa	हावांची hāvaāñcī	हावांच्या hāvaāñcā
^* 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.

Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “हाव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “हाव”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press