बाँझि

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वन्ध्य (vandhya). Doublet of बाँझो (bā̃jho).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bä̃(d)zi]
• Phonetic Devanagari: बाँझि

Noun

बाँझि • (bā̃jhi)

1. a barren woman

Declension

Declension of बाँझि
	Singular	Plural
nominative	बाँझि [bä̃(d)zi]	बाँझिहरू [bä̃(d)ziɦʌɾu]
accusative	बाँझिलाई [bä̃(d)ziläi]	बाँझिहरूलाई [bä̃(d)ziɦʌɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	बाँझिले [bä̃(d)zile]	बाँझिहरूले [bä̃(d)ziɦʌɾule]
dative	बाँझिलाई [bä̃(d)ziläi]	बाँझिहरूलाई [bä̃(d)ziɦʌɾuläi]
ablative	बाँझिबाट [bä̃(d)zibäʈʌ]	बाँझिहरूबाट [bä̃(d)ziɦʌɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	बाँझिको [bä̃(d)ziko]	बाँझिहरूको [bä̃(d)ziɦʌɾuko]
locative	बाँझिमा [bä̃(d)zimä]	बाँझिहरूमा [bä̃(d)ziɦʌɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

• Schmidt, Turner (2022) “बाँझि”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Nepali Dictionaries]