चांदणी

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Marathi

Etymology

नपुसकलिंग (napusakliṅga): चांदणे n (ċāndaṇe)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): चांदणी f (ċāndaṇī)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘓𑘰𑘽𑘟𑘲𑘜𑘲 (cāṃdīṇī), 𑘓𑘰𑘽𑘟𑘲𑘡𑘲 (cāṃdīnī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑀁𑀤𑀺𑀡 (caṃdiṇa), ultimately derived from Sanskrit चन्द्र (candrá, moon). Related to चांदणे (cāndṇe, moonlight).

Compare Gujarati ચંદની (candnī), ચાંદની (cā̃dnī), Hindustani چَاندنِی / चाँदनी (cā̃dnī), Sindhi چانڊاڻِ / चांडाणि, چانڊڻيِ / चांडिणी, Punjabi ਚਾਨਣੀ (cānṇī) / چاننی (cānnī), ਚਾਂਦਨੀ (cāndnī) / چاندنی (cāndnī), Bengali চাঁদিনী (cãdini), চাঁদনী (cãdoni).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡san.d̪ə.ɳi/,

Noun

चांदणी (ċāndaṇīf

  1. star
    Synonym: तारा (tārā)

Declension

Declension of चांदणी (fem ī-stem)
direct
singular
चांदणी
ċāndaṇī
direct
plural
चांदण्या
ċāndaṇyā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
चांदणी
ċāndaṇī
चांदण्या
ċāndaṇyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
चांदणी
ċāndaṇī
चांदण्यां-
ċāndaṇyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
चांदणीला
ċāndaṇīlā
चांदण्यांना
ċāndaṇyānnā
ergative चांदणीने, चांदणीनं
ċāndaṇīne, ċāndaṇīna
चांदण्यांनी
ċāndaṇyānnī
instrumental चांदणीशी
ċāndaṇīśī
चांदण्यांशी
ċāndaṇyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
चांदणीत
ċāndaṇīt
चांदण्यांत
ċāndaṇyāt
vocative
संबोधन
चांदणी
ċāndaṇī
चांदण्यांनो
ċāndaṇyānno
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 चांदणी (fem ī-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
चांदणीचा
ċāndaṇīċā
चांदणीचे
ċāndaṇīċe
चांदणीची
ċāndaṇīcī
चांदणीच्या
ċāndaṇīcā
चांदणीचे, चांदणीचं
ċāndaṇīċe, ċāndaṇīċa
चांदणीची
ċāndaṇīcī
चांदणीच्या
ċāndaṇīcā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
चांदण्यांचा
ċāndaṇyānċā
चांदण्यांचे
ċāndaṇyānċe
चांदण्यांची
ċāndaṇyāñcī
चांदण्यांच्या
ċāndaṇyāncā
चांदण्यांचे, चांदण्यांचं
ċāndaṇyānċe, ċāndaṇyānċa
चांदण्यांची
ċāndaṇyāñcī
चांदण्यांच्या
ċāndaṇyāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “चांदणी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चांदणी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “चांदणी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cāndraṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press