मेण
Konkani
Marathi
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Gujarati મીણ (mīṇ), Konkani मेण, Telugu మైనము (mainamu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meɳ/
Declension
| Declension of मेण (meṇ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
मेण meṇ | ||
| direct plural |
मेणे, मेणं meṇe, meṇa | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | मेण meṇ |
मेणे, मेणं meṇe, meṇa | |
| oblique | मेणा- meṇā- |
मेणां- meṇāN- | |
| dative | मेणाला meṇālā |
मेणांना meṇāNnā | |
| ergative | मेणाने meṇāne |
मेणांनी meṇāNni | |
| instrumental | मेणाशी meṇāśi |
मेणांशी meṇāNśi | |
| locative | मेणात meṇāt |
मेणांत meṇāNt | |
| vocative | मेणा meṇā |
मेणांनो meṇāNno | |
| 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 मेण | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | मेणाचा meṇāċā |
मेणाचे meṇāce |
मेणाची meṇāci |
मेणाच्या meṇāca |
मेणाचे, मेणाचं meṇāce, meṇāċa |
मेणाची meṇāci |
मेणाच्या meṇāca | |
| plural subject | मेणांचा meṇāNċā |
मेणांचे meṇāNce |
मेणांची meṇāNci |
मेणांच्या meṇāNca |
मेणांचे, मेणांचं meṇāNce, meṇāNċa |
मेणांची meṇāNci |
मेणांच्या meṇāNca | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
Derived terms
- मेणबत्ती (meṇbattī, “candle”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मेण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मेण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “मेण”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
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