मोती

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa मोतिउ (motiu), from Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia), from Sanskrit मौक्तिक (mauktika).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /moː.t̪iː/

Noun

मोती (motī) m (Urdu spelling موتی)

  1. pearl

Declension

Descendants

  • Bengali: মোতি (mōti) (partially)

Marathi

Alternative forms

  • मोतीं (motī̃) older spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia), from Sanskrit मौक्तिक (mauktika).

Noun

मोती (motī) n

  1. pearl

Declension

Declension of मोती (motī)
direct
singular
मोती
motī
direct
plural
मोती
motī
singular plural
nominative मोती
motī
मोती
motī
oblique मोत्या-
motyā-
मोत्यां-
motyāN-
dative मोत्याला
motyālā
मोत्यांना
motyāNnā
ergative मोत्याने
motyāne
मोत्यांनी
motyāNni
instrumental मोत्याशी
motyāśi
मोत्यांशी
motyāNśi
locative मोत्यात
motyāt
मोत्यांत
motyāNt
vocative मोत्या
motyā
मोत्यांनो
motyāNno
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 मोती
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject मोत्याचा
motyāċā
मोत्याचे
motyāce
मोत्याची
motyāci
मोत्याच्या
motyāca
मोत्याचे, मोत्याचं
motyāce, motyāċa
मोत्याची
motyāci
मोत्याच्या
motyāca
plural subject मोत्यांचा
motyāNċā
मोत्यांचे
motyāNce
मोत्यांची
motyāNci
मोत्यांच्या
motyāNca
मोत्यांचे, मोत्यांचं
motyāNce, motyāNċa
मोत्यांची
motyāNci
मोत्यांच्या
motyāNca
* 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.

Further reading

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