मेण

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit मदन (madana, “beeswax”). Cognate with Gujarati મીણ (mīṇ), Marathi मेण (meṇ), Telugu మైనము (mainamu).

Noun

मेण • (meṇ) (Latin script menn, Kannada script ಮೆಣ್)

1. wax

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi मेण (meṇa), from Sanskrit मदन (madana). Cognate with Gujarati મીણ (mīṇ), Konkani मेण (meṇ), Telugu మైనము (mainamu).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɳ/

Noun

मेण • (meṇ) n

1. wax

Declension

Declension of मेण (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	मेण meṇ
direct plural	मेणे, मेणं meṇe, meṇa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	मेण meṇ		मेणे, मेणं meṇe, meṇa
oblique सामान्यरूप	मेणा meṇā		मेणां- meṇān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	मेणाला meṇālā		मेणांना meṇānnā
ergative	मेणाने, मेणानं meṇāne, meṇāna		मेणांनी meṇānnī
instrumental	मेणाशी meṇāśī		मेणांशी meṇānśī
locative सप्तमी	मेणात meṇāt		मेणांत meṇāt
vocative संबोधन	मेणा meṇā		मेणांनो meṇānno
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 मेण (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	मेणाचा meṇāċā	मेणाचे meṇāċe	मेणाची meṇācī	मेणाच्या meṇācā	मेणाचे, मेणाचं meṇāċe, meṇāċa	मेणाची meṇācī	मेणाच्या meṇācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	मेणांचा meṇānċā	मेणांचे meṇānċe	मेणांची meṇāñcī	मेणांच्या meṇāncā	मेणांचे, मेणांचं meṇānċe, meṇānċa	मेणांची meṇāñcī	मेणांच्या meṇāñcā
* 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.

Derived terms

• मेणबत्ती (meṇbattī, “candle”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “मेण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “मेण”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press