केळे
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Marathi
Alternative forms
Etymology
| नपुसकलिंग (napusakliṅga): केळे n (keḷe) |
| स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): केळ f (keḷ) |
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀬𑀮 (kayala) / कय़ल / ಕಯ಼ಲ (kaẏala), 𑀓𑁂𑀮 / केल / ಕೇಲ (kela) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Old Marathi 𑘎𑘹𑘯𑘲 f (keḷī, “plantain tree”)), from Sanskrit कदल (kadala). Cognate with Konkani केळें (keḷẽ).
Pronunciation
Noun
केळे • (keḷe) n (feminine केळ)
- banana (fruit)
Declension
| Declension of केळे (neut e-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
केळे keḷe | ||
| direct plural |
केळी keḷī | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
केळे keḷe |
केळी keḷī | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
केळ्या keḷyā |
केळ्यां- keḷyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
केळ्याला keḷyālā |
केळ्यांना keḷyānnā | |
| ergative | केळ्याने, केळ्यानं keḷyāne, keḷyāna |
केळ्यांनी keḷyānnī | |
| instrumental | केळ्याशी keḷyāśī |
केळ्यांशी keḷyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
केळ्यात keḷyāt |
केळ्यांत keḷyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
केळ्या keḷyā |
केळ्यांनो keḷyānno | |
| 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 केळे (neut e-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 |
केळ्याचा keḷyāċā |
केळ्याचे keḷyāċe |
केळ्याची keḷyācī |
केळ्याच्या keḷyācā |
केळ्याचे, केळ्याचं keḷyāċe, keḷyāċa |
केळ्याची keḷyācī |
केळ्याच्या keḷyācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
केळ्यांचा keḷyānċā |
केळ्यांचे keḷyānċe |
केळ्यांची keḷyāñcī |
केळ्यांच्या keḷyāncā |
केळ्यांचे, केळ्यांचं keḷyānċe, keḷyānċa |
केळ्यांची keḷyāñcī |
केळ्यांच्या keḷyāñcā | |
| * 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 (1982–1983) “केळे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 28
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “केळें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 181
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “केळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 782.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kadala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 136