डोळा
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀟𑁄𑀮 (ḍola, “eye”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɖo.ɭ̆a/
Noun
डोळा • (ḍoḷā) m
- (anatomy) eye
- Synonyms: नयन (nayan), नेत्र (netra)
Declension
| Declension of डोळा (ḍoḷā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | डोळा ḍoḷā | ||
| direct plural | डोळे ḍoḷe | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | डोळा ḍoḷā | डोळे ḍoḷe | |
| oblique | डोळ्या- ḍoḷyā- | डोळ्यां- ḍoḷyāN- | |
| dative | डोळ्याला ḍoḷyālā | डोळ्यांना ḍoḷyāNnā | |
| ergative | डोळ्याने ḍoḷyāne | डोळ्यांनी ḍoḷyāNni | |
| instrumental | डोळ्याशी ḍoḷyāśi | डोळ्यांशी ḍoḷyāNśi | |
| locative | डोळ्यात ḍoḷyāt | डोळ्यांत ḍoḷyāNt | |
| vocative | डोळ्या ḍoḷyā | डोळ्यांनो ḍoḷyāNno | |
| 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 डोळा | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | डोळ्याचा ḍoḷyāċā | डोळ्याचे ḍoḷyāce | डोळ्याची ḍoḷyāci | डोळ्याच्या ḍoḷyāca | डोळ्याचे, डोळ्याचं ḍoḷyāce, ḍoḷyāċa | डोळ्याची ḍoḷyāci | डोळ्याच्या ḍoḷyāca | |
| plural subject | डोळ्यांचा ḍoḷyāNċā | डोळ्यांचे ḍoḷyāNce | डोळ्यांची ḍoḷyāNci | डोळ्यांच्या ḍoḷyāNca | डोळ्यांचे, डोळ्यांचं ḍoḷyāNce, ḍoḷyāNċa | डोळ्यांची ḍoḷyāNci | डोळ्यांच्या ḍoḷyāNca | |
| * 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, “डोळा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “डोळा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “डोळा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dōla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press