ठिकाण

See also: ठिकाणे and ठोकणे

Marathi

Etymology

Related to ठीक (ṭhīk). Cognate with Gujarati ઠેકાણું (ṭhekāṇũ), Hindustani ٹِھکَانَا (ṭhikānā) / ठिकाना (ṭhikānā), Punjabi ਟਿਕਾਣਾ (ṭikāṇā) / ٹِکانا (ṭikānā), Bengali ঠিকানা (ṭhikana).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʈʰi.kaɳ/

Noun

ठिकाण • (ṭhikāṇ) n

place
Synonyms: जागा (j̈āgā), स्थळ (sthaḷ), स्थान (sthān)

Declension

Declension of ठिकाण (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	ठिकाण ṭhikāṇ
direct plural	ठिकाणे, ठिकाणं ṭhikāṇe, ṭhikāṇa
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	ठिकाण ṭhikāṇ	ठिकाणे, ठिकाणं ṭhikāṇe, ṭhikāṇa
oblique सामान्यरूप	ठिकाणा ṭhikāṇā	ठिकाणां- ṭhikāṇān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	ठिकाणाला ṭhikāṇālā	ठिकाणांना ṭhikāṇānnā
ergative	ठिकाणाने, ठिकाणानं ṭhikāṇāne, ṭhikāṇāna	ठिकाणांनी ṭhikāṇānnī
instrumental	ठिकाणाशी ṭhikāṇāśī	ठिकाणांशी ṭhikāṇānśī
locative सप्तमी	ठिकाणात ṭhikāṇāt	ठिकाणांत ṭhikāṇāt
vocative संबोधन	ठिकाणा ṭhikāṇā	ठिकाणांनो ṭhikāṇānno
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 ठिकाण (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	ठिकाणाचा ṭhikāṇāċā	ठिकाणाचे ṭhikāṇāċe	ठिकाणाची ṭhikāṇācī	ठिकाणाच्या ṭhikāṇācā	ठिकाणाचे, ठिकाणाचं ṭhikāṇāċe, ṭhikāṇāċa	ठिकाणाची ṭhikāṇācī	ठिकाणाच्या ṭhikāṇācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	ठिकाणांचा ṭhikāṇānċā	ठिकाणांचे ṭhikāṇānċe	ठिकाणांची ṭhikāṇāñcī	ठिकाणांच्या ṭhikāṇāncā	ठिकाणांचे, ठिकाणांचं ṭhikāṇānċe, ṭhikāṇānċa	ठिकाणांची ṭhikāṇāñcī	ठिकाणांच्या ṭhikāṇāñcā
^* 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) “ठिकाण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ठिकाण”, 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) “ठिकाण-णा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭhīkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press