चावी

See also: चव and चाव

Marathi
एक चावी (कुलपाची)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese chave, from Latin clavis. Compare Hindi चाबी (cābī), Sylheti ꠌꠣꠛꠤ (sabi), Bengali চাবি (cabi), Assamese চাবি (sabi).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sa.ʋi/, [t͡sa.ʋiː]

Noun

चावी • (ċāvī) f

  1. key
    Synonym: किल्ली (killī)
    चावी हरवल्यामुळे कुलुप तोडावे लागले.
    ċāvī haravlyāmuḷe kulup toḍāve lāgle.
    Because the key was lost, the lock had to be broken.
  2. tap (of water)
    Synonym: नळ (naḷ)

Declension
Declension of चावी (cāvī)
direct
singular		 चावी
cāvī
direct
plural		 चाव्या
ċāvyā
singular plural
nominative चावी
cāvī		 चाव्या
ċāvyā
oblique चावी-
ċāvi-		 चाव्यां-
ċāvyāN-
dative चावीला
ċāvilā		 चाव्यांना
ċāvyāNnā
ergative चावीने
ċāvine		 चाव्यांनी
ċāvyāNni
instrumental चावीशी
ċāviśi		 चाव्यांशी
ċāvyāNśi
locative चावीत
ċāvit		 चाव्यांत
ċāvyāNt
vocative चावी
ċāvi		 चाव्यांनो
ċāvyāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of चावी
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject चावीचा
ċāviċā		 चावीचे
ċāvice		 चावीची
ċāvici		 चावीच्या
ċāvica		 चावीचे, चावीचं
ċāvice, ċāviċa		 चावीची
ċāvici		 चावीच्या
ċāvica
plural subject चाव्यांचा
ċāvyāNċā		 चाव्यांचे
ċāvyāNce		 चाव्यांची
ċāvyāNci		 चाव्यांच्या
ċāvyāNca		 चाव्यांचे, चाव्यांचं
ċāvyāNce, ċāvyāNċa		 चाव्यांची
ċāvyāNci		 चाव्यांच्या
ċāvyāNca
* 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.

See also
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