मनोरंजन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मनोरञ्जन (manorañjana).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mə.noː.ɾən.d͡ʒən/, [mɐ.noː.ɾɐ̃n.d͡ʒɐ̃n]

Noun

मनोरंजन • (manorañjan) m

1. amusement, fun; entertainment (e.g. section of a newspaper)

Declension

Declension of मनोरंजन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मनोरंजन manorañjan	मनोरंजन manorañjan
oblique	मनोरंजन manorañjan	मनोरंजनों manorañjanõ
vocative	मनोरंजन manorañjan	मनोरंजनो manorañjano

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Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi मनोरंजन (manorañjan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mənoɾənd͡ʒən]

Noun

मनोरंजन • (manorañjan) (Latin script monoronjon, Kannada script ಮನೊರಂಜನ್)

1. entertainment

   Synonym: मनरिजवण (manrijvaṇ)

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[1]
• Madhavi Sardesai (2006) A Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Study of Lexical Influences on Konkani‎^[2], Goa University (doctoral thesis)

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मनोरञ्जन (manorañjana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.no.ɾən.d͡ʑən/

Noun

मनोरंजन • (manorañjan) n

1. amusement, fun; entertainment (e.g. section of a newspaper)

   Synonym: करमणूक (karamṇūk)

Declension

Declension of मनोरंजन (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	मनोरंजन manorañjan
direct plural	मनोरंजने, मनोरंजनं manorañjane, manorañjna
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	मनोरंजन manorañjan		मनोरंजने, मनोरंजनं manorañjane, manorañjna
oblique सामान्यरूप	मनोरंजना manorañjanā		मनोरंजनां- manorañjanān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	मनोरंजनाला manorañjanālā		मनोरंजनांना manorañjanānnā
ergative	मनोरंजनाने, मनोरंजनानं manorañjanāne, manorañjanāna		मनोरंजनांनी manorañjanānnī
instrumental	मनोरंजनाशी manorañjanāśī		मनोरंजनांशी manorañjanānśī
locative सप्तमी	मनोरंजनात manorañjanāt		मनोरंजनांत manorañjanāt
vocative संबोधन	मनोरंजना manorañjanā		मनोरंजनांनो manorañjanānno
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 मनोरंजन (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	मनोरंजनाचा manorañjanāċā	मनोरंजनाचे manorañjanāċe	मनोरंजनाची manorañjanācī	मनोरंजनाच्या manorañjanācā	मनोरंजनाचे, मनोरंजनाचं manorañjanāċe, manorañjanāċa	मनोरंजनाची manorañjanācī	मनोरंजनाच्या manorañjanācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	मनोरंजनांचा manorañjanānċā	मनोरंजनांचे manorañjanānċe	मनोरंजनांची manorañjanāñcī	मनोरंजनांच्या manorañjanāncā	मनोरंजनांचे, मनोरंजनांचं manorañjanānċe, manorañjanānċa	मनोरंजनांची manorañjanāñcī	मनोरंजनांच्या manorañjanāñcā
* 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.

Descendants

• → Konkani: मनोरंजन (manorañjan)

References

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