Mumbai

Mumbai

English

Etymology

From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī), from मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba, the local mother goddess”)+आई (āī, “mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊm.ˈbaɪ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ

Proper noun

Mumbai

1. A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.

Synonyms

• Bombay

Derived terms

• Navi Mumbai

Translations

state capital of Maharashtra — See also translations at Bombay

Afrikaans: Moembaai Arabic: مُومْبَاي‎ f (mūmbāy) Armenian: Մումբայ (Mumbay) Assamese: মুম্বাই (mumbai) Awadhi: मुम्बई (mumbaī) Bengali: মুম্বাই (bn) (mumbai) Bihari: मुंबई Bulgarian: Мумбай (Mumbaj) Burmese: မွမ်ဘိုင်း (mwambhuing:) Catalan: Bombai Chinese: Mandarin: 孟買／孟买 (zh) (Mèngmǎi) Czech: Bombaj (cs) f Dhivehi: މުންބާ‎ (mun̊bā) Doteli: मुम्बई (mumbaī) Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: Mumbajo Finnish: Mumbai French: Bombay (fr) f Georgian: მუმბაი (mumbai) German: Mumbai (de) n Greek: Βομβάη (Vomvái) Gujarati: મુંબઈ (gu) (mumbaī) Hebrew: מומבאי‎ (mumbai) Hindi: मुंबई f (mumbaī), मुम्बई (hi) f (mumbaī), बम्बई (hi) f (bambaī), बंबई f (bambaī) Japanese: ムンバイ (Munbai) Kannada: ಮುಂಬೈ (kn) (mumbai), ಮುಂಬಯಿ (mumbayi) Kashmiri: بَمبَے‎ (bambaē) Khmer: បុមបៃ (bombay) Korean: 뭄바이 (Mumbai) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: مومبای‎ (mumbay) Lao: ມຸມໄບ (mum bai) Latvian: Mumbaja Lithuanian: Mumbajus Maithili: मुम्बई (mumbaī) Malayalam: മുംബൈ (mumbai) Marathi: मुंबई f (mumbaī) Nepali: मुम्बई (mumbaī) Oriya: ମୁମ୍ବାଇ (mumbai) Persian: بمبئی‎ (fa) (bomba'i) Polish: Bombaj (pl) m Portuguese: Bombaim Punjabi: ਮੁੰਬਈ (pa) (mumbaī) Romanian: Mumbay Russian: Мумба́и (ru) m (Mumbái), Бомбе́й (ru) m (Bombéj) Sanskrit: बम्बई (bambaī) Santali: ᱢᱩᱢᱵᱟᱭ (mumbay) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Мумбај m, Бомбај m Roman: Mumbaj m, Bombaj m Sinhalese: මුම්බායි (mumbāyi) Spanish: Bombay (es) m Swedish: Bombay (sv), Mumbai n Tamil: மும்பை (mumpai) Telugu: ముంబై (mumbai) Thai: มุมไบ (mum-bai) Tibetan: འབོམ་སྦེ ('bom sbe) Tulu: ಮುಂಬೈ (mumbai) Ukrainian: Мумбаї (Mumbaji) Urdu: ممبئی‎ Uyghur: بومباي‎ (bombay) Vietnamese: Mumbai Yiddish: מומבײַ‎ (mumbay)

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Finnish

Etymology

From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmumbɑi̯/, [ˈmumbɑi̯]
• Rhymes: -umbɑi
• Syllabification^(key): Mum‧bai

Proper noun

Mumbai

1. Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)

Declension

Inflection of Mumbai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		Mumbai	—
genitive		Mumbain	—
partitive		Mumbaita	—
illative		Mumbaihin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Mumbai	—
accusative	nom.	Mumbai	—
	gen.	Mumbain
genitive		Mumbain	—
partitive		Mumbaita	—
inessive		Mumbaissa	—
elative		Mumbaista	—
illative		Mumbaihin	—
adessive		Mumbailla	—
ablative		Mumbailta	—
allative		Mumbaille	—
essive		Mumbaina	—
translative		Mumbaiksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Mumbaitta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Mumbai (type maa)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Mumbaini	Mumbaimme
2nd person	Mumbaisi	Mumbainne
3rd person	Mumbainsa