हाव

Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɑːʋ/, [ɦäːʋ]

Noun

हाव • (hāv) ?

1. call, cry: any flirtatious gesture (of a heroine)

Derived terms

• हाव-भाव (hāv-bhāv)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian هَوا (havâ, “desire”), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, “vacancy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦaʋ/

Noun

हाव • (hāv) m

1. greed, avarice, avidity

   Synonyms: लोभ (lobh), लालसा (lālsā) (formal)

2. blandishment, coquetry

   Synonym: प्रलोभन (pralobhan)

Declension

Declension of हाव (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	हाव hāva
direct plural	हाव hāva
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	हाव hāva		हाव hāva
oblique सामान्यरूप	हावा hāvaā		हावां- hāvaān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	हावाला hāvaālā		हावांना hāvaānnā
ergative	हावाने, हावानं hāvaāne, hāvaāna		हावांनी hāvaānnī
instrumental	हावाशी hāvaāśī		हावांशी hāvaānśī
locative सप्तमी	हावात hāvaāt		हावांत hāvaāt
vocative संबोधन	हावा hāvaā		हावांनो hāvaānno
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 हाव (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	हावाचा hāvaāċā	हावाचे hāvaāċe	हावाची hāvaācī	हावाच्या hāvaācā	हावाचे, हावाचं hāvaāċe, hāvaāċa	हावाची hāvaācī	हावाच्या hāvaācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	हावांचा hāvaānċā	हावांचे hāvaānċe	हावांची hāvaāñcī	हावांच्या hāvaāncā	हावांचे, हावांचं hāvaānċe, hāvaānċa	हावांची hāvaāñcī	हावांच्या hāvaāñcā
* 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

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “हाव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “हाव”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press