कौतुक

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कौतुक (kautuka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəu.t̪uk/, [kəu.t̪uːk]

Noun

कौतुक • (kautuk) n

1. appreciation, praise, admiration, fondness

   Synonym: प्रशंसा (praśausā)

2. wonder or marvel (of any person, thing, act, event, appearance etc.)

Declension

Declension of कौतुक (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	कौतुक kautuk
direct plural	कौतुके, कौतुकं kautuke, kautuka
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	कौतुक kautuk		कौतुके, कौतुकं kautuke, kautuka
oblique सामान्यरूप	कौतुका kautukā		कौतुकां- kautukān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	कौतुकाला kautukālā		कौतुकांना kautukānnā
ergative	कौतुकाने, कौतुकानं kautukāne, kautukāna		कौतुकांनी kautukānnī
instrumental	कौतुकाशी kautukāśī		कौतुकांशी kautukānśī
locative सप्तमी	कौतुकात kautukāt		कौतुकांत kautukāt
vocative संबोधन	कौतुका kautukā		कौतुकांनो kautukānno
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 कौतुक (neut cons-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	कौतुकाचा kautukāċā	कौतुकाचे kautukāċe	कौतुकाची kautukācī	कौतुकाच्या kautukācā	कौतुकाचे, कौतुकाचं kautukāċe, kautukāċa	कौतुकाची kautukācī	कौतुकाच्या kautukācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	कौतुकांचा kautukānċā	कौतुकांचे kautukānċe	कौतुकांची kautukāñcī	कौतुकांच्या kautukāncā	कौतुकांचे, कौतुकांचं kautukānċe, kautukānċa	कौतुकांची kautukāñcī	कौतुकांच्या kautukāñcā
* 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.

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कौतुक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press