गुलाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گلاب (gulâb), compound of گل (gul, rose) + آب (âb, water). Synchronically analysable as गुल (gul, flower) + आब (āb, water).

Compare Punjabi ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb) / گُلاب (gulāb), Sindhi گُلابُ / गुलाबु, Gujarati ગુલાબ (gulāb), Marathi गुलाब (gulāb), Konkani गुलाब (gulāb), Oriya ଗୋଲାପ (golapô), Bengali গোলাপ (gōlap), Assamese গোলাপ (gülap).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡʊ.lɑːb/, [ɡʊ.l̪äːb]

Noun

गुलाब (gulāb) m (Urdu spelling گُلَاب)

  1. (flower) rose
  2. (uncommon) rosewater

Declension

Derived terms

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گلاب (gulâb), compound of گل (gul, rose) + آب (âb, water).

Compare Konkani गुलाब (gulāb), Gujarati ગુલાબ (gulāb), Hindustani گُلَاب / गुलाब (gulāb), Sindhi گُلابُ / गुलाबु, Punjabi ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb) / گُلاب (gulāb), Oriya ଗୋଲାପ (golapô), Bengali গোলাপ (gōlap), Assamese গোলাপ (gülap).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡu.lab/

Noun

गुलाब (gulāb) m

  1. rose

Declension

Declension of गुलाब (gulāb)
direct
singular
गुलाब
gulāb
direct
plural
गुलाब
gulāb
singular plural
nominative गुलाब
gulāb
गुलाब
gulāb
oblique गुलाबा-
gulābā-
गुलाबां-
gulābāN-
dative गुलाबाला
gulābālā
गुलाबांना
gulābāNnā
ergative गुलाबाने
gulābāne
गुलाबांनी
gulābāNni
instrumental गुलाबाशी
gulābāśi
गुलाबांशी
gulābāNśi
locative गुलाबात
gulābāt
गुलाबांत
gulābāNt
vocative गुलाबा
gulābā
गुलाबांनो
gulābāNno
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 गुलाब
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject गुलाबाचा
gulābāċā
गुलाबाचे
gulābāce
गुलाबाची
gulābāci
गुलाबाच्या
gulābāca
गुलाबाचे, गुलाबाचं
gulābāce, gulābāċa
गुलाबाची
gulābāci
गुलाबाच्या
gulābāca
plural subject गुलाबांचा
gulābāNċā
गुलाबांचे
gulābāNce
गुलाबांची
gulābāNci
गुलाबांच्या
gulābāNca
गुलाबांचे, गुलाबांचं
gulābāNce, gulābāNċa
गुलाबांची
gulābāNci
गुलाबांच्या
gulābāNca
* 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.

Derived terms

  • गुलाबजाम (gulābjām)
  • गुलाबपाणी (gulābpāṇī, rose-water)
  • गुलाबी (gulābī, pink)

See also

  • गुलाबाचे फूल (gulābāċe phūl, the flower of rose)

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “गुलाब”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), गुलाब”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), गुलाब”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
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