कुतूहल

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुतूहल (kutūhala). Compare Telugu కుతూహలం (kutūhalaṁ).

Pronunciation

Noun

कुतूहल • (kutūhal) n

  1. curiosity, desire to know
    Synonym: जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā)

Declension

Declension of कुतूहल (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular 		कुतूहल
kutūhal
direct
plural 		कुतूहले, कुतूहलं
kutūhale, kutūhla
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा 		कुतूहल
kutūhal 		कुतूहले, कुतूहलं
kutūhale, kutūhla
oblique
सामान्यरूप 		कुतूहला
kutūhalā 		कुतूहलां-
kutūhalān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी 		कुतूहलाला
kutūhalālā 		कुतूहलांना
kutūhalānnā
ergative कुतूहलाने, कुतूहलानं
kutūhalāne, kutūhalāna 		कुतूहलांनी
kutūhalānnī
instrumental कुतूहलाशी
kutūhalāśī 		कुतूहलांशी
kutūhalānśī
locative
सप्तमी 		कुतूहलात
kutūhalāt 		कुतूहलांत
kutūhalāt
vocative
संबोधन 		कुतूहला
kutūhalā 		कुतूहलांनो
kutūhalānno
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 कुतूहल (neut cons-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
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता 		कुतूहलाचा
kutūhalāċā 		कुतूहलाचे
kutūhalāċe 		कुतूहलाची
kutūhalācī 		कुतूहलाच्या
kutūhalācā 		कुतूहलाचे, कुतूहलाचं
kutūhalāċe, kutūhalāċa 		कुतूहलाची
kutūhalācī 		कुतूहलाच्या
kutūhalācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता 		कुतूहलांचा
kutūhalānċā 		कुतूहलांचे
kutūhalānċe 		कुतूहलांची
kutūhalāñcī 		कुतूहलांच्या
kutūhalāncā 		कुतूहलांचे, कुतूहलांचं
kutūhalānċe, kutūhalānċa 		कुतूहलांची
kutūhalāñcī 		कुतूहलांच्या
kutūhalāñcā
* 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 (1982–1983) “कुतूहल”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कुतूहल”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “कुतूहल”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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