मुंबई

Hindi

Alternative forms

मुम्बई (mumbaī)
(dated) बंबई (bambaī), बम्बई (bambaī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mʊm.bə.iː/, [mʊ̃m.bə.iː]

Proper noun

मुंबई • (mumbaī) f (Urdu spelling مُمْبَئِی‎)

Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)

Declension

Declension of मुंबई (sg-only fem ind ī-stem)

	singular
direct	मुंबई mumbaī
oblique	मुंबई mumbaī
vocative	मुंबई mumbaī

Further reading

“”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

Marathi

Picture dictionary

मुंबई

मुंबई

मुंबई महानगर क्षेत्र

मुंबई

नवी मुंबई

वांद्रे

सांताक्रूझ

विले पार्ले

उल्हासनगर

Etymology

From मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba”, the local mother goddess) +‎ आई (āī, “mother”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mum.bəi/, [mum.bəiː]
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Proper noun

मुंबई • (mumbaī) f

Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)

Descendants

Terms borrowed from मुंबई (mumbaī)

→ Assamese: মুম্বাই (mumbai)
→ Bengali: মুম্বাই (mumbai)
→ English: Mumbai
→ Gujarati: મુંબઈ (mumbaī)
→ Hindustani: mumbaī
Hindi: मुंबई

Urdu: مُمْبَئِی‎
- → Arabic: مُومْبَاي‎ (mūmbāy)
→ Japanese: ムンバイ
→ Kannada: ಮುಂಬೈ (mumbai)
→ Korean: 뭄바이 (mumbai)
→ Malayalam: മുംബൈ (mumbai)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੰਬਈ (mumbaī)

Shahmukhi script: مُمبَئی‎ (mumba'ī)
→ Tamil: மும்பை (mumpai)
→ Telugu: ముంబై (mumbai)

Further reading

Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मुंबई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 659
Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “मुंबई”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala, page 2506.

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