वाहक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाहक (vāhaka).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʋɑː.ɦək/, [ʋäː.ɦək]

Noun

वाहक • (vāhak) m

  1. porter, bearer, carrier
    Synonym: क़ुली (qulī)

Declension
Declension of वाहक (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct वाहक
vāhak		 वाहक
vāhak
oblique वाहक
vāhak		 वाहकों
vāhakõ
vocative वाहक
vāhak		 वाहको
vāhako

Adjective

वाहक • (vāhak) (indeclinable)

  1. bearing, carrying

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाहक (vāhaka). Related with वहन (vahan, “conduction”), वाहन (vāhan, “vehicle”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋa.ɦək/, [ʋʱaək]

Noun

वाहक • (vāhak) m (feminine वाहिका)

  1. (sciences, physics) conductor
  2. conductor (of a public transport vehicle)
  3. carrier of luggage
    Synonym: ओझेवाला (ojhevālā)

Declension
Declension of वाहक (vāhak)
direct
singular		 वाहक
vāhak
direct
plural		 वाहक
vāhak
singular plural
nominative वाहक
vāhak		 वाहक
vāhak
oblique वाहका-
vāhakā-		 वाहकां-
vāhakāN-
dative वाहकाला
vāhakālā		 वाहकांना
vāhakāNnā
ergative वाहकाने
vāhakāne		 वाहकांनी
vāhakāNni
instrumental वाहकाशी
vāhakāśi		 वाहकांशी
vāhakāNśi
locative वाहकात
vāhakāt		 वाहकांत
vāhakāNt
vocative वाहका
vāhakā		 वाहकांनो
vāhakāNno
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 वाहक
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject वाहकाचा
vāhakāċā		 वाहकाचे
vāhakāce		 वाहकाची
vāhakāci		 वाहकाच्या
vāhakāca		 वाहकाचे, वाहकाचं
vāhakāce, vāhakāċa		 वाहकाची
vāhakāci		 वाहकाच्या
vāhakāca
plural subject वाहकांचा
vāhakāNċā		 वाहकांचे
vāhakāNce		 वाहकांची
vāhakāNci		 वाहकांच्या
vāhakāNca		 वाहकांचे, वाहकांचं
vāhakāNce, vāhakāNċa		 वाहकांची
vāhakāNci		 वाहकांच्या
vāhakāNca
* 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.

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