जादू
See also: ज़िद and ज़िंदा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian جادو (jâdu), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yaHtúš. Doublet of यातु (yātu).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɑː.d̪uː/, [d͡ʒäː.d̪uː]
Noun
जादू • (jādū) m (Urdu spelling جادو)
- jadoo; magic; witchcraft
- incantation
- जादू चलाना ― jādū calānā ― to cast a spell
- charm
Declension
Declension of जादू (masc ū-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | जादू jādū | जादू jādū |
| oblique | जादू jādū | जादुओं jāduõ |
| vocative | जादू jādū | जादुओ jāduo |
Derived terms
- जादुई (jāduī)
- जादूगर (jādūgar)
- जादूगरी (jādūgrī)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “जादू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “jadu”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Marathi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian جادو (jâdu).
Noun
जादू • (jādū) f
- magic
- witchcraft
Declension
| Declension of जादू (jādū) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | जादू jādū | ||
| direct plural | जादू jādu | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | जादू jādū | जादू jādu | |
| oblique | जादू- jādu- | जादूं- jāduN- | |
| dative | जादूला jādulā | जादूंना jāduNnā | |
| ergative | जादूने jādune | जादूंनी jāduNni | |
| instrumental | जादूशी jāduśi | जादूंशी jāduNśi | |
| locative | जादूत jādut | जादूंत jāduNt | |
| vocative | जादू jādu | जादूंनो jāduNno | |
| 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 जादू | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | जादूचा jāduċā | जादूचे jāduce | जादूची jāduci | जादूच्या jāduca | जादूचे, जादूचं jāduce, jāduċa | जादूची jāduci | जादूच्या jāduca | |
| plural subject | जादूंचा jāduNċā | जादूंचे jāduNce | जादूंची jāduNci | जादूंच्या jāduNca | जादूंचे, जादूंचं jāduNce, jāduNċa | जादूंची jāduNci | जादूंच्या jāduNca | |
| * 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, “जादू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “जादू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press