आजी

See also: आज

Konkani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आर्यक m (āryaka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑːd͡ʒiː]

Noun

आजी • (ājī) f (Latin script aji, Kannada script ಆಜೀ)

1. grandmother

   Coordinate term: आजो (ājo)

References

• Angelus Francis Xavier Maffei (1883) An English-Konkani Dictionary: And A Konkani-English Dictionary‎^[1], Mangalore: Basel Mission Press
• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[2]

Marathi

Alternative forms

• आज्जी (ājjī) (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀺𑀆 f (ajjiā), from Sanskrit आर्यक m (āryaka). Cognate with Kannada ಅಜ್ಜಿ (ajji).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʑi/, [a.d͡ʑiː]
• Hyphenation: आ‧जी
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

आजी • (ājī) f

1. grandmother

Declension

Declension of आजी (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	आजी ājī
direct plural	आज्या ājyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	आजी ājī		आज्या ājyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	आजी ājī		आज्यां- ājyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	आजीला ājīlā		आज्यांना ājyānnā
ergative	आजीने, आजीनं ājīne, ājīna		आज्यांनी ājyānnī
instrumental	आजीशी ājīśī		आज्यांशी ājyānśī
locative सप्तमी	आजीत ājīt		आज्यांत ājyāt
vocative संबोधन	आजी ājī		आज्यांनो ājyānno
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 आजी (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	आजीचा ājīċā	आजीचे ājīċe	आजीची ājīcī	आजीच्या ājīcā	आजीचे, आजीचं ājīċe, ājīċa	आजीची ājīcī	आजीच्या ājīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	आज्यांचा ājyānċā	आज्यांचे ājyānċe	आज्यांची ājyāñcī	आज्यांच्या ājyāncā	आज्यांचे, आज्यांचं ājyānċe, ājyānċa	आज्यांची ājyāñcī	आज्यांच्या ājyāñcā
* 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

• आजोबा m (āj̈obā, “grandfather”)

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आजी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āryaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press