मोती
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa मोतिउ (motiu), from Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia), from Sanskrit मौक्तिक (mauktika).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /moː.t̪iː/
Noun
मोती • (motī) m (Urdu spelling موتی)
- pearl
Declension
Declension of मोती (masc ī-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | मोती motī | मोती motī |
| oblique | मोती motī | मोतियों motiyõ |
| vocative | मोती motī | मोतियो motiyo |
Descendants
- → Bengali: মোতি (moti) (partially)
Marathi
Alternative forms
- मोतीं (motī̃) – older spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia), from Sanskrit मौक्तिक (mauktika).
Noun
मोती • (motī) n
- pearl
Declension
| Declension of मोती (motī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular | मोती motī | ||
| direct plural | मोती motī | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | मोती motī | मोती motī | |
| oblique | मोत्या- motyā- | मोत्यां- motyāN- | |
| dative | मोत्याला motyālā | मोत्यांना motyāNnā | |
| ergative | मोत्याने motyāne | मोत्यांनी motyāNni | |
| instrumental | मोत्याशी motyāśi | मोत्यांशी motyāNśi | |
| locative | मोत्यात motyāt | मोत्यांत motyāNt | |
| vocative | मोत्या motyā | मोत्यांनो motyāNno | |
| 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 मोती | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object | feminine object | neuter object | oblique | |||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | singular* | plural | |||
| singular subject | मोत्याचा motyāċā | मोत्याचे motyāce | मोत्याची motyāci | मोत्याच्या motyāca | मोत्याचे, मोत्याचं motyāce, motyāċa | मोत्याची motyāci | मोत्याच्या motyāca | |
| plural subject | मोत्यांचा motyāNċā | मोत्यांचे motyāNce | मोत्यांची motyāNci | मोत्यांच्या motyāNca | मोत्यांचे, मोत्यांचं motyāNce, motyāNċa | मोत्यांची motyāNci | मोत्यांच्या motyāNca | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मोती”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मोतीं”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “मोतीं”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press