ठिकाण

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Marathi

Etymology

Related to ठीक (ṭhīk). Cognate with Gujarati ઠેકાણું (ṭhekāṇũ), Hindustani ٹِھکَانَا (ṭhikānā) / ठिकाना (ṭhikānā), Punjabi ਟਿਕਾਣਾ (ṭikāṇā) / ٹِکانا (ṭikānā), Bengali ঠিকানা (ṭhikana).

Pronunciation

Noun

ठिकाण (ṭhikāṇn

  1. place
    Synonyms: जागा (j̈āgā), स्थळ (sthaḷ), स्थान (sthān)

Declension

Declension of ठिकाण (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular
ठिकाण
ṭhikāṇ
direct
plural
ठिकाणे, ठिकाणं
ṭhikāṇe, ṭhikāṇa
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
ठिकाण
ṭhikāṇ
ठिकाणे, ठिकाणं
ṭhikāṇe, ṭhikāṇa
oblique
सामान्यरूप
ठिकाणा
ṭhikāṇā
ठिकाणां-
ṭhikāṇān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
ठिकाणाला
ṭhikāṇālā
ठिकाणांना
ṭhikāṇānnā
ergative ठिकाणाने, ठिकाणानं
ṭhikāṇāne, ṭhikāṇāna
ठिकाणांनी
ṭhikāṇānnī
instrumental ठिकाणाशी
ṭhikāṇāśī
ठिकाणांशी
ṭhikāṇānśī
locative
सप्तमी
ठिकाणात
ṭhikāṇāt
ठिकाणांत
ṭhikāṇāt
vocative
संबोधन
ठिकाणा
ṭhikāṇā
ठिकाणांनो
ṭhikāṇānno
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 ठिकाण (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
ठिकाणाचा
ṭhikāṇāċā
ठिकाणाचे
ṭhikāṇāċe
ठिकाणाची
ṭhikāṇācī
ठिकाणाच्या
ṭhikāṇācā
ठिकाणाचे, ठिकाणाचं
ṭhikāṇāċe, ṭhikāṇāċa
ठिकाणाची
ṭhikāṇācī
ठिकाणाच्या
ṭhikāṇācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
ठिकाणांचा
ṭhikāṇānċā
ठिकाणांचे
ṭhikāṇānċe
ठिकाणांची
ṭhikāṇāñcī
ठिकाणांच्या
ṭhikāṇāncā
ठिकाणांचे, ठिकाणांचं
ṭhikāṇānċe, ṭhikāṇānċa
ठिकाणांची
ṭhikāṇāñcī
ठिकाणांच्या
ṭhikāṇāñcā
* 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, “ठिकाण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ठिकाण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “ठिकाण-णा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭhīkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press