वहिनी
Appearance
Marathi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- वहिणी (vahiṇī)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘮𑘲𑘡𑘲 (vahīnī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀻 (vahuṇṇī, “elder brother's wife”), from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī, “sister”). Compare with Telugu వదిన (vadina).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]वहिनी • (vahinī) f
- elder brother's wife
- a respectful term of address for any married woman of one's age or slightly older
Declension
[edit]Declension of वहिनी (fem ī-stem) | |||
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direct singular |
वहिनी vahinī | ||
direct plural |
वहिन्या vahinyā | ||
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
nominative प्रथमा |
वहिनी vahinī |
वहिन्या vahinyā | |
oblique सामान्यरूप |
वहिनी vahinī |
वहिन्यां- vahinyān- | |
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
वहिनीला vahinīlā |
वहिन्यांना vahinyānnā | |
ergative | वहिनीने, वहिनीनं vahinīne, vahinīna |
वहिन्यांनी vahinyānnī | |
instrumental | वहिनीशी vahinīśī |
वहिन्यांशी vahinyānśī | |
locative सप्तमी |
वहिनीत vahinīt |
वहिन्यांत vahinyāt | |
vocative संबोधन |
वहिनी vahinī |
वहिन्यांनो vahinyānno | |
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 वहिनी (fem ī-stem) | ||||||||
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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 |
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singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
वहिनीचा vahinīċā |
वहिनीचे vahinīċe |
वहिनीची vahinīcī |
वहिनीच्या vahinīcā |
वहिनीचे, वहिनीचं vahinīċe, vahinīċa |
वहिनीची vahinīcī |
वहिनीच्या vahinīcā | |
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
वहिन्यांचा vahinyānċā |
वहिन्यांचे vahinyānċe |
वहिन्यांची vahinyāñcī |
वहिन्यांच्या vahinyāncā |
वहिन्यांचे, वहिन्यांचं vahinyānċe, vahinyānċa |
वहिन्यांची vahinyāñcī |
वहिन्यांच्या vahinyāñcā | |
* 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
[edit]- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “वहिनी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “वहिनी”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “वहुण्णी”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
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