मातृभाषा

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from मातृ (mātŕ, mother) + भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːt̪.ɾɪ.bʱɑː.ʂɑː/, [mäːt̪.ɾɪ.bʱäː.ʃäː]

Noun

मातृभाषा (mātŕbhāṣā) f

  1. mother tongue, native language
    Synonym: मादरी ज़बान (mādrī zabān)

Declension

Marathi

Etymology

From मातृ (mātru, mother) + भाषा (bhāṣā, language).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mat̪.ɾu.bʱa.ʂa/

Noun

मातृभाषा (mātrubhāṣā) f

  1. mother tongue, native language
    तुमची मातृभाषा कोणती?
    tumcī mātrubhāṣā koṇtī?
    What is your mother tongue?
    Synonym: मायबोली (māybolī)

Declension

Declension of मातृभाषा (mātrubhāṣā)
direct
singular
मातृभाषा
mātrubhāṣā
direct
plural
मातृभाषा
mātrubhaṣā
singular plural
nominative मातृभाषा
mātrubhāṣā
मातृभाषा
mātrubhaṣā
oblique मातृभाषे-
mātrubhaṣe-
मातृभाषां-
mātrubhaṣāN-
dative मातृभाषेला
mātrubhaṣelā
मातृभाषांना
mātrubhaṣāNnā
ergative मातृभाषेने
mātrubhaṣene
मातृभाषांनी
mātrubhaṣāNni
instrumental मातृभाषेशी
mātrubhaṣeśi
मातृभाषांशी
mātrubhaṣāNśi
locative मातृभाषेत
mātrubhaṣet
मातृभाषांत
mātrubhaṣāNt
vocative मातृभाषे
mātrubhaṣe
मातृभाषांनो
mātrubhaṣāNno
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 मातृभाषा
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject मातृभाषेचा
mātrubhaṣeċā
मातृभाषेचे
mātrubhaṣece
मातृभाषेची
mātrubhaṣeci
मातृभाषेच्या
mātrubhaṣeca
मातृभाषेचे, मातृभाषेचं
mātrubhaṣece, mātrubhaṣeċa
मातृभाषेची
mātrubhaṣeci
मातृभाषेच्या
mātrubhaṣeca
plural subject मातृभाषांचा
mātrubhaṣāNċā
मातृभाषांचे
mātrubhaṣāNce
मातृभाषांची
mātrubhaṣāNci
मातृभाषांच्या
mātrubhaṣāNca
मातृभाषांचे, मातृभाषांचं
mātrubhaṣāNce, mātrubhaṣāNċa
मातृभाषांची
mātrubhaṣāNci
मातृभाषांच्या
mātrubhaṣāNca
* 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.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “मातृभाषा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
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