महोदय

Hindi

Noun

महोदय • (mahoday) m

1. sir, mister

Declension

Declension of महोदय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	महोदय mahoday	महोदय mahoday
oblique	महोदय mahoday	महोदयों mahodayõ
vocative	महोदय mahoday	महोदयो mahodayo

Synonyms

• श्री (śrī), जनाब (janāb)

Related terms

• महोदया (mahodyā)

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महोदय (mahodaya), By surface analysis, महा- (mahā-) +‎ उदय (uday).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.ɦo.d̪əj/, [mʱo.d̪əj]

Noun

महोदय • (mahoday) m

1. sir, mister

   Synonyms: श्रीयुत (śrīyut), महाशय (mahāśay)

Declension

Declension of महोदय (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	महोदय mahoday
direct plural	महोदय mahoday
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	महोदय mahoday		महोदय mahoday
oblique सामान्यरूप	महोदया mahodyā		महोदयां- mahodyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	महोदयाला mahodyālā		महोदयांना mahodyānnā
ergative	महोदयाने, महोदयानं mahodyāne, mahodyāna		महोदयांनी mahodyānnī
instrumental	महोदयाशी mahodyāśī		महोदयांशी mahodyānśī
locative सप्तमी	महोदयात mahodyāt		महोदयांत mahodyāt
vocative संबोधन	महोदया mahodyā		महोदयांनो mahodyānno
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 महोदय (masc 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	महोदयाचा mahodyāċā	महोदयाचे mahodyāċe	महोदयाची mahodyācī	महोदयाच्या mahodyācā	महोदयाचे, महोदयाचं mahodyāċe, mahodyāċa	महोदयाची mahodyācī	महोदयाच्या mahodyācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	महोदयांचा mahodyānċā	महोदयांचे mahodyānċe	महोदयांची mahodyāñcī	महोदयांच्या mahodyāncā	महोदयांचे, महोदयांचं mahodyānċe, mahodyānċa	महोदयांची mahodyāñcī	महोदयांच्या mahodyāñcā
* 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

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “महोदय”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press