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लवाजमा

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Marathi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian لوازمه (lawāzima), plural of Arabic لَوَازِم (lawāzim), itself a plural of لَازِم (lāzim, necessary). So Marathi लवाजमे (lavājme, “retinues”) is etymologically a threefold plural.

Noun

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लवाजमा (lavājmām

  1. retinue

Declension

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Declension of लवाजमा (masc ā-stem)
direct
singular
लवाजमा
lavājmā
direct
plural
लवाजमे
lavājme
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
लवाजमा
lavājmā
लवाजमे
lavājme
oblique
सामान्यरूप
लवाजम्या
lavājmyā
लवाजम्यां-
lavājmyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
लवाजम्याला
lavājmyālā
लवाजम्यांना
lavājmyānnā
ergative लवाजम्याने, लवाजम्यानं
lavājmyāne, lavājmyāna
लवाजम्यांनी
lavājmyānnī
instrumental लवाजम्याशी
lavājmyāśī
लवाजम्यांशी
lavājmyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
लवाजम्यात
lavājmyāt
लवाजम्यांत
lavājmyāt
vocative
संबोधन
लवाजम्या
lavājmyā
लवाजम्यांनो
lavājmyānno
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 लवाजमा (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
लवाजम्याचा
lavājmyāċā
लवाजम्याचे
lavājmyāċe
लवाजम्याची
lavājmyācī
लवाजम्याच्या
lavājmyācā
लवाजम्याचे, लवाजम्याचं
lavājmyāċe, lavājmyāċa
लवाजम्याची
lavājmyācī
लवाजम्याच्या
lavājmyācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
लवाजम्यांचा
lavājmyānċā
लवाजम्यांचे
lavājmyānċe
लवाजम्यांची
lavājmyāñcī
लवाजम्यांच्या
lavājmyāncā
लवाजम्यांचे, लवाजम्यांचं
lavājmyānċe, lavājmyānċa
लवाजम्यांची
lavājmyāñcī
लवाजम्यांच्या
lavājmyāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

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  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “लवाजमा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “लवाजमा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “लवाजमा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “लवाजमा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).