गांभीर्य

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गाम्भीर्य (gāmbhīrya), from गम्भीर (gambhīra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːm.bʱiːɾ.jᵊ/, [ɡä̃ːm.bʱiːɾ.jᵊ]

Noun

गांभीर्य • (gāmbhīrya) m

1. gravity, seriousness
2. profundity, depth, sagacity

Declension

Declension of गांभीर्य (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गांभीर्य gāmbhīrya	गांभीर्य gāmbhīrya
oblique	गांभीर्य gāmbhīrya	गांभीर्यों gāmbhīryõ
vocative	गांभीर्य gāmbhīrya	गांभीर्यो gāmbhīryo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गांभीर्य”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 253

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गाम्भीर्य (gāmbhīrya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡam.bʱiɾ.jə/

Noun

गांभीर्य • (gāmbhīrya) n

1. seriousness

Declension

Declension of गांभीर्य (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	गांभीर्य gāmbhīrya
direct plural	गांभीर्ये, गांभीर्यं gāmbhīrye, gāmbhīrya
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	गांभीर्य gāmbhīrya		गांभीर्ये, गांभीर्यं gāmbhīrye, gāmbhīrya
oblique सामान्यरूप	गांभीर्या gāmbhīryā		गांभीर्यां- gāmbhīryān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	गांभीर्याला gāmbhīryālā		गांभीर्यांना gāmbhīryānnā
ergative	गांभीर्याने, गांभीर्यानं gāmbhīryāne, gāmbhīryāna		गांभीर्यांनी gāmbhīryānnī
instrumental	गांभीर्याशी gāmbhīryāśī		गांभीर्यांशी gāmbhīryānśī
locative सप्तमी	गांभीर्यात gāmbhīryāt		गांभीर्यांत gāmbhīryāt
vocative संबोधन	गांभीर्या gāmbhīryā		गांभीर्यांनो gāmbhīryānno
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 गांभीर्य (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	गांभीर्याचा gāmbhīryāċā	गांभीर्याचे gāmbhīryāċe	गांभीर्याची gāmbhīryācī	गांभीर्याच्या gāmbhīryācā	गांभीर्याचे, गांभीर्याचं gāmbhīryāċe, gāmbhīryāċa	गांभीर्याची gāmbhīryācī	गांभीर्याच्या gāmbhīryācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	गांभीर्यांचा gāmbhīryānċā	गांभीर्यांचे gāmbhīryānċe	गांभीर्यांची gāmbhīryāñcī	गांभीर्यांच्या gāmbhīryāncā	गांभीर्यांचे, गांभीर्यांचं gāmbhīryānċe, gāmbhīryānċa	गांभीर्यांची gāmbhīryāñcī	गांभीर्यांच्या gāmbhīryāñcā
* 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

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “गांभीर्य”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies