बाळ

See also: बळ, बळी, बाल, बीळ, and बोळ

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बाल (bāla). Cognate with Gujarati બાળ (bāḷ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɭ̆/
  • Rhymes: -aɭ̆

Noun

बाळ (bāḷ) n

  1. baby, young child
    Synonym: मूल n (mūl)

Declension

Declension of बाळ (bāḷ)
direct
singular
बाळ
bāḷ
direct
plural
बाळे, बाळं
bāḷe, bāḷa
singular plural
nominative बाळ
bāḷ
बाळे, बाळं
bāḷe, bāḷa
oblique बाळा-
bāḷā-
बाळां-
bāḷāN-
dative बाळाला
bāḷālā
बाळांना
bāḷāNnā
ergative बाळाने
bāḷāne
बाळांनी
bāḷāNni
instrumental बाळाशी
bāḷāśi
बाळांशी
bāḷāNśi
locative बाळात
bāḷāt
बाळांत
bāḷāNt
vocative बाळा
bāḷā
बाळांनो
bāḷāNno
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 बाळ
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject बाळाचा
bāḷāċā
बाळाचे
bāḷāce
बाळाची
bāḷāci
बाळाच्या
bāḷāca
बाळाचे, बाळाचं
bāḷāce, bāḷāċa
बाळाची
bāḷāci
बाळाच्या
bāḷāca
plural subject बाळांचा
bāḷāNċā
बाळांचे
bāḷāNce
बाळांची
bāḷāNci
बाळांच्या
bāḷāNca
बाळांचे, बाळांचं
bāḷāNce, bāḷāNċa
बाळांची
bāḷāNci
बाळांच्या
bāḷāNca
* 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.

References

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