धबधबा

See also: दबदबा

Marathi

आइसलँडमधील एक धबधबा
FWOTD – 22 March 2018

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Kannada ಧಬಧಬೆ (dhabadhabe).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ʱəb.d̪ʱə.ba/

Noun

धबधबा (dhabadhbā) m

  1. waterfall
    • 2014 January 26, Sudhir Sahastrabuddhe, chapter 23, in निसर्गाची नवलाई [Nisargachi Navlai], Nachiket Prakashan, page 89:
      “१९३५ मध्ये अमेरिकेत विमान चालक जेम्स एंजल याने एका धबधब्याचा शोध लावला…व्हेनझुएलाच्या गयाना पठारावर…हा जगातील सर्वात अधिक उंचीवरून पडणारा धबधबा होय.”
      “1935 madhye ameriket vimān cālak jemsa eñjal yāne ekā dhabdhabyācā śodh lāvlā…vhenjhuelācyā gayānā paṭhārāvar…hā jagātīl sarvāt adhik uñcīvrūn paḍṇārā dhabadhbā hoy.”
      “In 1935 American aviator James Angel discovered a waterfall…in Venezuela's Guiana Highlands…This is the tallest waterfall in the world.”

Declension

Declension of धबधबा (dhabadhbā)
direct
singular
धबधबा
dhabadhbā
direct
plural
धबधबे
dhabdhabe
singular plural
nominative धबधबा
dhabadhbā
धबधबे
dhabdhabe
oblique धबधब्या-
dhabdhabyā-
धबधब्यां-
dhabdhabyāN-
dative धबधब्याला
dhabdhabyālā
धबधब्यांना
dhabdhabyāNnā
ergative धबधब्याने
dhabdhabyāne
धबधब्यांनी
dhabdhabyāNni
instrumental धबधब्याशी
dhabdhabyāśi
धबधब्यांशी
dhabdhabyāNśi
locative धबधब्यात
dhabdhabyāt
धबधब्यांत
dhabdhabyāNt
vocative धबधब्या
dhabdhabyā
धबधब्यांनो
dhabdhabyāNno
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 धबधबा
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject धबधब्याचा
dhabdhabyāċā
धबधब्याचे
dhabdhabyāce
धबधब्याची
dhabdhabyāci
धबधब्याच्या
dhabdhabyāca
धबधब्याचे, धबधब्याचं
dhabdhabyāce, dhabdhabyāċa
धबधब्याची
dhabdhabyāci
धबधब्याच्या
dhabdhabyāca
plural subject धबधब्यांचा
dhabdhabyāNċā
धबधब्यांचे
dhabdhabyāNce
धबधब्यांची
dhabdhabyāNci
धबधब्यांच्या
dhabdhabyāNca
धबधब्यांचे, धबधब्यांचं
dhabdhabyāNce, dhabdhabyāNċa
धबधब्यांची
dhabdhabyāNci
धबधब्यांच्या
dhabdhabyāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “धबधबा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), धबधबा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), धबधबा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
  • Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), धबधबा”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
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