वय

See also: वायु

Marathi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वयस् (vayas). Compare Gujarati વય (vaya), Middle Bengali বয় (boẏ), Thai วัย (wai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋəj/
• Rhymes: -əj

Noun

वय • (vay) n

1. age

Declension

Declension of वय (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	वय vay
direct plural	वये, वयं vaye, vaya
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	वय vay		वये, वयं vaye, vaya
oblique सामान्यरूप	वया vayā		वयां- vayān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	वयाला vayālā		वयांना vayānnā
ergative	वयाने, वयानं vayāne, vayāna		वयांनी vayānnī
instrumental	वयाशी vayāśī		वयांशी vayānśī
locative सप्तमी	वयात vayāt		वयांत vayāt
vocative संबोधन	वया vayā		वयांनो vayānno
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 वय (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	वयाचा vayāċā	वयाचे vayāċe	वयाची vayācī	वयाच्या vayācā	वयाचे, वयाचं vayāċe, vayāċa	वयाची vayācī	वयाच्या vayācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	वयांचा vayānċā	वयांचे vayānċe	वयांची vayāñcī	वयांच्या vayāncā	वयांचे, वयांचं vayānċe, vayānċa	वयांची vayāñcī	वयांच्या vayāñcā
* 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

• वयात येणे (vayāt yeṇe, “to reach puberty, come of age”)

Further reading

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