फेटा

Marathi

Alternative forms

• फेंटा (pheṇṭā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani پھینٹا / फेंटा (phẽṭā). Doublet of फेट (pheṭ, “skirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰe.ʈa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: फे‧टा

Noun

फेटा • (pheṭā) m

1. turban

Declension

Declension of फेटा (masc ā-stem)
direct singular	फेटा pheṭā
direct plural	फेटे pheṭe
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	फेटा pheṭā		फेटे pheṭe
oblique सामान्यरूप	फेट्या pheṭyā		फेट्यां- pheṭyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	फेट्याला pheṭyālā		फेट्यांना pheṭyānnā
ergative	फेट्याने, फेट्यानं pheṭyāne, pheṭyāna		फेट्यांनी pheṭyānnī
instrumental	फेट्याशी pheṭyāśī		फेट्यांशी pheṭyānśī
locative सप्तमी	फेट्यात pheṭyāt		फेट्यांत pheṭyāt
vocative संबोधन	फेट्या pheṭyā		फेट्यांनो pheṭyānno
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 फेटा (masc ā-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	फेट्याचा pheṭyāċā	फेट्याचे pheṭyāċe	फेट्याची pheṭyācī	फेट्याच्या pheṭyācā	फेट्याचे, फेट्याचं pheṭyāċe, pheṭyāċa	फेट्याची pheṭyācī	फेट्याच्या pheṭyācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	फेट्यांचा pheṭyānċā	फेट्यांचे pheṭyānċe	फेट्यांची pheṭyāñcī	फेट्यांच्या pheṭyāncā	फेट्यांचे, फेट्यांचं pheṭyānċe, pheṭyānċa	फेट्यांची pheṭyāñcī	फेट्यांच्या pheṭyāñcā
* 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.

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “फेटा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “फेटा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2193.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फेटा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press