मेंदी
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit मेन्धिका (mendhikā). Compare Gujarati મેંદી (mendī), Hindustani مہنْدِی / मेहंदी (mehandī), Sindhi مينديِ / मेंदी, Punjabi ਮਹਿੰਦੀ (mahindī) / مہندی (mhndī), Maithili मेहदी (mēhᵊdī) / 𑒧𑒹𑒯𑒠𑒲 (mēhadī), Oriya ମେହେନ୍ଦି (mehendi), Bengali মেহেদি (mehedi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /men.d̪i/, [men.d̪iː]
Declension
| Declension of मेंदी (mendī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
मेंदी mendī | ||
| direct plural |
मेंद्या mendyā | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | मेंदी mendī |
मेंद्या mendyā | |
| oblique | मेंदी- mendi- |
मेंद्यां- mendyāN- | |
| dative | मेंदीला mendilā |
मेंद्यांना mendyāNnā | |
| ergative | मेंदीने mendine |
मेंद्यांनी mendyāNni | |
| instrumental | मेंदीशी mendiśi |
मेंद्यांशी mendyāNśi | |
| locative | मेंदीत mendit |
मेंद्यांत mendyāNt | |
| vocative | मेंदी mendi |
मेंद्यांनो mendyāNno | |
| 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 मेंदी | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | मेंदीचा mendiċā |
मेंदीचे mendice |
मेंदीची mendici |
मेंदीच्या mendica |
मेंदीचे, मेंदीचं mendice, mendiċa |
मेंदीची mendici |
मेंदीच्या mendica | |
| plural subject | मेंद्यांचा mendyāNċā |
मेंद्यांचे mendyāNce |
मेंद्यांची mendyāNci |
मेंद्यांच्या mendyāNca |
मेंद्यांचे, मेंद्यांचं mendyāNce, mendyāNċa |
मेंद्यांची mendyāNci |
मेंद्यांच्या mendyāNca | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मेंदी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मेंदी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “मेंदी”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mēndhī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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