कांदा
See also: कदू, कैद, कंद, and कंदा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi कांदा (kāndā), from Old Marathi कांदा (kāṃdā), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀤 (kaṃda), from Sanskrit कन्द (kanda).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kɑːn.d̪ɑː/, [kä̃ːn̪.d̪äː]
Noun
कांदा • (kāndā) m (Urdu spelling کاندا)
- (chiefly Bombay Hindi) onion
- Synonyms: (less common) पलाण्डु (palāṇḍu), (standard) प्याज़ (pyāz)
Declension
Declension of कांदा (masc ā-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कांदा kāndā | कांदे kānde |
| oblique | कांदे kānde | कांदों kāndõ |
| vocative | कांदे kānde | कांदो kāndo |
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi कांदा (kāṃdā), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀤 (kaṃda), from Sanskrit कन्द (kanda). Cognate to Gujarati કાંદો (kā̃do).
Noun
कांदा • (kāndā) m
- onion
- कांद्यांचं उत्पादन वाढलं. ― kāndyāNca utpādan vāḍhla ― Onion production increased.
Declension
| Declension of कांदा (kāndā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | कांदा kāndā | ||
| direct plural | कांदे kānde | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | कांदा kāndā | कांदे kānde | |
| oblique | कांद्या- kāndyā- | कांद्यां- kāndyāN- | |
| dative | कांद्याला kāndyālā | कांद्यांना kāndyāNnā | |
| ergative | कांद्याने kāndyāne | कांद्यांनी kāndyāNni | |
| instrumental | कांद्याशी kāndyāśi | कांद्यांशी kāndyāNśi | |
| locative | कांद्यात kāndyāt | कांद्यांत kāndyāNt | |
| vocative | कांद्या kāndyā | कांद्यांनो kāndyāNno | |
| 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 कांदा | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | कांद्याचा kāndyāċā | कांद्याचे kāndyāce | कांद्याची kāndyāci | कांद्याच्या kāndyāca | कांद्याचे, कांद्याचं kāndyāce, kāndyāċa | कांद्याची kāndyāci | कांद्याच्या kāndyāca | |
| plural subject | कांद्यांचा kāndyāNċā | कांद्यांचे kāndyāNce | कांद्यांची kāndyāNci | कांद्यांच्या kāndyāNca | कांद्यांचे, कांद्यांचं kāndyāNce, kāndyāNċa | कांद्यांची kāndyāNci | कांद्यांच्या kāndyāNca | |
| * 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
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “कांदा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kanda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press