अफू
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian افیون (afyun), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Compare Gujarati અફીણ (aphīṇ), Hindi अफ़ीम (afīm).
Noun
अफू • (aphū) f
- opium
Declension
| Declension of अफू (aphū) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | अफू aphū | ||
| direct plural | अफू aphu | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | अफू aphū | अफू aphu | |
| oblique | अफू- aphu- | अफूं- aphuN- | |
| dative | अफूला aphulā | अफूंना aphuNnā | |
| ergative | अफूने aphune | अफूंनी aphuNni | |
| instrumental | अफूशी aphuśi | अफूंशी aphuNśi | |
| locative | अफूत aphut | अफूंत aphuNt | |
| vocative | अफू aphu | अफूंनो aphuNno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of अफू | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | अफूचा aphuċā | अफूचे aphuce | अफूची aphuci | अफूच्या aphuca | अफूचे, अफूचं aphuce, aphuċa | अफूची aphuci | अफूच्या aphuca | |
| plural subject | अफूंचा aphuNċā | अफूंचे aphuNce | अफूंची aphuNci | अफूंच्या aphuNca | अफूंचे, अफूंचं aphuNce, aphuNċa | अफूंची aphuNci | अफूंच्या aphuNca | |
| * 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, “अफू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अफीण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “अफू”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press