अभिनेत्री

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिनेत्री (abhinetrī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɪ.neːt̪.ɾiː/, [ɐ.bʱɪ.neːt̪.ɾiː]

Noun

अभिनेत्री • (abhinetrī) f (masculine अभिनेता)

1. actress

   Synonym: एक्ट्रेस (ekṭres)

Declension

Declension of अभिनेत्री (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī	अभिनेत्रियाँ abhinetriyā̃
oblique	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī	अभिनेत्रियों abhinetriyõ
vocative	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī	अभिनेत्रियो abhinetriyo

Related terms

• अभिनय (abhinay, “acting”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अभिनेत्री”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit अभिनेत्री (abhinetrī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.bʱi.net̪.ɾi/, [ə.bʱi.net̪.ɾiː]

Noun

अभिनेत्री • (abhinetrī) f

1. (film) an actress

   Synonym: नटी (naṭī)

   मला एक अभिनेत्री बनायचे आहे.

   malā ek abhinetrī banāyce āhe.

   I want to be an actress.

Declension

Declension of अभिनेत्री (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī
direct plural	अभिनेत्र्या abhinetryā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī		अभिनेत्र्या abhinetryā
oblique सामान्यरूप	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī		अभिनेत्र्यां- abhinetryān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अभिनेत्रीला abhinetrīlā		अभिनेत्र्यांना abhinetryānnā
ergative	अभिनेत्रीने, अभिनेत्रीनं abhinetrīne, abhinetrīna		अभिनेत्र्यांनी abhinetryānnī
instrumental	अभिनेत्रीशी abhinetrīśī		अभिनेत्र्यांशी abhinetryānśī
locative सप्तमी	अभिनेत्रीत abhinetrīt		अभिनेत्र्यांत abhinetryāt
vocative संबोधन	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī		अभिनेत्र्यांनो abhinetryānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अभिनेत्री (fem ī-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	अभिनेत्रीचा abhinetrīċā	अभिनेत्रीचे abhinetrīċe	अभिनेत्रीची abhinetrīcī	अभिनेत्रीच्या abhinetrīcā	अभिनेत्रीचे, अभिनेत्रीचं abhinetrīċe, abhinetrīċa	अभिनेत्रीची abhinetrīcī	अभिनेत्रीच्या abhinetrīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अभिनेत्र्यांचा abhinetryānċā	अभिनेत्र्यांचे abhinetryānċe	अभिनेत्र्यांची abhinetryāñcī	अभिनेत्र्यांच्या abhinetryāncā	अभिनेत्र्यांचे, अभिनेत्र्यांचं abhinetryānċe, abhinetryānċa	अभिनेत्र्यांची abhinetryāñcī	अभिनेत्र्यांच्या abhinetryāñcā
* 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.

See also

• अभिनय (abhinay, “acting”)
• अभिनेता (abhinetā, “actor”)
• दिग्दर्शक (digdarśak, “director”)
• दिग्दर्शन (digdarśan, “direction”)
• नट (naṭ, “actor”)
• निर्माता (nirmātā, “producer”)
• निर्मिती (nirmitī, “production”)

References

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