उंट
Marathi
Etymology
| पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): उंट m (uṇṭa) |
| स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): उंटीण f (uṇṭīṇ) |
Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝 (uṭṭa), from Sanskrit उष्ट्र (úṣṭra), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *úṣṭras, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras. Cognate with Konkani ओंटे (oṇṭê), Gujarati ઊંટ (ū̃ṭa), Hindi ऊँट (ū̃ṭ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uɳ.ʈə/
Noun
उंट • (uṇṭa) m
- camel, dromedary
- उंट वाळवंटात आढळतात.
- uṇṭa vāḷvaṇṭāt āḍhaḷtāt.
- Camels are found in desert.
- (chess) bishop
Declension
| Declension of उंट (uṇṭa) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | उंट uṇṭa | ||
| direct plural | उंट uṇṭa | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | उंट uṇṭa | उंट uṇṭa | |
| oblique | उंटा- untā- | उंटां- untāN- | |
| dative | उंटाला untālā | उंटांना untāNnā | |
| ergative | उंटाने untāne | उंटांनी untāNni | |
| instrumental | उंटाशी untāśi | उंटांशी untāNśi | |
| locative | उंटात untāt | उंटांत untāNt | |
| vocative | उंटा untā | उंटांनो untāNno | |
| 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 उंट | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | उंटाचा untāċā | उंटाचे untāce | उंटाची untāci | उंटाच्या untāca | उंटाचे, उंटाचं untāce, untāċa | उंटाची untāci | उंटाच्या untāca | |
| plural subject | उंटांचा untāNċā | उंटांचे untāNce | उंटांची untāNci | उंटांच्या untāNca | उंटांचे, उंटांचं untāNce, untāNċa | उंटांची untāNci | उंटांच्या untāNca | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
See also
| Chess pieces in Marathi · बुद्धिबळातील सोंगट्या (buddhibḷātīl soṅgaṭyā) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| राजा (rājā) | वजीर (vajīr), राणी (rāṇī), मंत्री (mantrī) | हत्ती (hattī) | उंट (uṇṭa) | घोडा (ghoḍā) | प्यादे (pyāde) |
References
- Berntsen, Maxine, “उंट”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “उंट”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Date, Yasavanta Ramakrshna (1932-1950), “उंट”, in Maharashtra Sabdakosa (in Marathi), Pune: Maharashtra Kosamandala.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “úṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press