घड्याळ

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घड्याळ

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit घटीताड (ghaṭītāḍa), from घटी (ghaṭī) +‎ ताड (tāḍa). Compare Old Marathi गडियाळा (gaḍiyāḷā), Gujarati ઘડિયાળ (ghaḍiyāḷ), Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl), Punjabi ਘਡ਼ਿਆਲ (ghaṛiāla).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡʱə.ɖjaɭ̆/

Noun

घड्याळ • (ghaḍyāḷ) n

clock, watch

Declension

Declension of घड्याळ (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	घड्याळ ghaḍyāḷ
direct plural	घड्याळे, घड्याळं ghaḍyāḷe, ghaḍyāḷa
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	घड्याळ ghaḍyāḷ	घड्याळे, घड्याळं ghaḍyāḷe, ghaḍyāḷa
oblique सामान्यरूप	घड्याळा ghaḍyāḷā	घड्याळां- ghaḍyāḷān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	घड्याळाला ghaḍyāḷālā	घड्याळांना ghaḍyāḷānnā
ergative	घड्याळाने, घड्याळानं ghaḍyāḷāne, ghaḍyāḷāna	घड्याळांनी ghaḍyāḷānnī
instrumental	घड्याळाशी ghaḍyāḷāśī	घड्याळांशी ghaḍyāḷānśī
locative सप्तमी	घड्याळात ghaḍyāḷāt	घड्याळांत ghaḍyāḷāt
vocative संबोधन	घड्याळा ghaḍyāḷā	घड्याळांनो ghaḍyāḷānno
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 घड्याळ (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	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	घड्याळाचा ghaḍyāḷāċā	घड्याळाचे ghaḍyāḷāċe	घड्याळाची ghaḍyāḷācī	घड्याळाच्या ghaḍyāḷācā	घड्याळाचे, घड्याळाचं ghaḍyāḷāċe, ghaḍyāḷāċa	घड्याळाची ghaḍyāḷācī	घड्याळाच्या ghaḍyāḷācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	घड्याळांचा ghaḍyāḷānċā	घड्याळांचे ghaḍyāḷānċe	घड्याळांची ghaḍyāḷāñcī	घड्याळांच्या ghaḍyāḷāncā	घड्याळांचे, घड्याळांचं ghaḍyāḷānċe, ghaḍyāḷānċa	घड्याळांची ghaḍyāḷāñcī	घड्याळांच्या ghaḍyāḷāñcā
^* 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) “घड्याळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “घड्याळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “घड्याळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghaṭītāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press