चावी

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Marathi

एक चावी (कुलपाची)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese chave, from Latin clavis. Compare Hindi चाबी (cābī), Sylheti ꠌꠣꠛꠤ (sabi), Bengali চাবি (cabi), Assamese চাবি (sabi).

Pronunciation

Noun

चावी (ċāvīf

  1. key
    Synonym: किल्ली (killī)
    चावी हरवल्यामुळे कुलुप तोडावे लागले.
    ċāvī haravlyāmuḷe kulup toḍāve lāgle.
    Because the key was lost, the lock had to be broken.
  2. tap (of water)
    Synonym: नळ (naḷ)

Declension

Declension of चावी (fem ī-stem)
direct
singular
चावी
ċāvī
direct
plural
चाव्या
ċāvyā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
चावी
ċāvī
चाव्या
ċāvyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
चावी
ċāvī
चाव्यां-
ċāvyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
चावीला
ċāvīlā
चाव्यांना
ċāvyānnā
ergative चावीने, चावीनं
ċāvīne, ċāvīna
चाव्यांनी
ċāvyānnī
instrumental चावीशी
ċāvīśī
चाव्यांशी
ċāvyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
चावीत
ċāvīt
चाव्यांत
ċāvyāt
vocative
संबोधन
चावी
ċāvī
चाव्यांनो
ċāvyānno
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 चावी (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
चावीचा
ċāvīċā
चावीचे
ċāvīċe
चावीची
ċāvīcī
चावीच्या
ċāvīcā
चावीचे, चावीचं
ċāvīċe, ċāvīċa
चावीची
ċāvīcī
चावीच्या
ċāvīcā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
चाव्यांचा
ċāvyānċā
चाव्यांचे
ċāvyānċe
चाव्यांची
ċāvyāñcī
चाव्यांच्या
ċāvyāncā
चाव्यांचे, चाव्यांचं
ċāvyānċe, ċāvyānċa
चाव्यांची
ċāvyāñcī
चाव्यांच्या
ċāvyāñcā
* 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.

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