कांदा
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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi कांदा (kāndā), from Old Marathi कांदा (kāṃdā), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀤 (kaṃda), from Sanskrit कन्द (kanda). Doublet of कंद (kand).
Pronunciation
Noun
कांदा • (kāndā) m (Urdu spelling کاندا)
- (chiefly Bombay Hindi) onion
Declension
Declension of कांदा (masc ā-stem)
Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Marathi कांदा (kāṃdā), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀁𑀤 (kaṃda), from Sanskrit कन्द (kanda). Cognate to Gujarati કાંદો (kā̃do).
Pronunciation
Noun
कांदा • (kāndā) m
Declension
| Declension of कांदा (masc ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
कांदा kāndā | ||
| direct plural |
कांदे kānde | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
कांदा kāndā |
कांदे kānde | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
कांद्या kāndyā |
कांद्यां- kāndyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
कांद्याला kāndyālā |
कांद्यांना kāndyānnā | |
| ergative | कांद्याने, कांद्यानं kāndyāne, kāndyāna |
कांद्यांनी kāndyānnī | |
| instrumental | कांद्याशी kāndyāśī |
कांद्यांशी kāndyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
कांद्यात kāndyāt |
कांद्यांत kāndyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
कांद्या kāndyā |
कांद्यांनो kāndyānno | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition. | |||
| Genitive declension of कांदा (masc ā-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म |
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म |
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म |
oblique सामान्यरूप | |||||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
singular* एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
कांद्याचा kāndyāċā |
कांद्याचे kāndyāċe |
कांद्याची kāndyācī |
कांद्याच्या kāndyācā |
कांद्याचे, कांद्याचं kāndyāċe, kāndyāċa |
कांद्याची kāndyācī |
कांद्याच्या kāndyācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
कांद्यांचा kāndyānċā |
कांद्यांचे kāndyānċe |
कांद्यांची kāndyāñcī |
कांद्यांच्या kāndyāncā |
कांद्यांचे, कांद्यांचं kāndyānċe, kāndyānċa |
कांद्यांची kāndyāñcī |
कांद्यांच्या kāndyāñcā | |
| * 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