मेंदी
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Marathi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit मेन्धिका (mendhikā). Compare Gujarati મેંદી (mendī), Hindustani مہنْدِی / मेहंदी (mehandī), Sindhi مينديِ / मेंदी, Punjabi ਮਹਿੰਦੀ (mahindī) / مہندی (mhndī), Maithili मेहदी (mēhᵊdī) / 𑒧𑒹𑒯𑒠𑒲 (mēhadī), Odia ମେହେନ୍ଦି (mehendi), Bengali মেহেদি (mehedi).
Pronunciation
Noun
मेंदी • (mendī) f
- henna (Lawsonia inermis and its dye)
Declension
| Declension of मेंदी (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
मेंदी mendī | ||
| direct plural |
मेंद्या mendyā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
मेंदी mendī |
मेंद्या mendyā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
मेंदी mendī |
मेंद्यां- mendyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
मेंदीला mendīlā |
मेंद्यांना mendyānnā | |
| ergative | मेंदीने, मेंदीनं mendīne, mendīna |
मेंद्यांनी mendyānnī | |
| instrumental | मेंदीशी mendīśī |
मेंद्यांशी mendyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
मेंदीत mendīt |
मेंद्यांत mendyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
मेंदी mendī |
मेंद्यांनो mendyānno | |
| 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 मेंदी (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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
मेंदीचा mendīċā |
मेंदीचे mendīċe |
मेंदीची mendīcī |
मेंदीच्या mendīcā |
मेंदीचे, मेंदीचं mendīċe, mendīċa |
मेंदीची mendīcī |
मेंदीच्या mendīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
मेंद्यांचा mendyānċā |
मेंद्यांचे mendyānċe |
मेंद्यांची mendyāñcī |
मेंद्यांच्या mendyāncā |
मेंद्यांचे, मेंद्यांचं mendyānċe, mendyānċa |
मेंद्यांची mendyāñcī |
मेंद्यांच्या mendyāñcā | |
| * 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) “मेंदी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेंदी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “मेंदी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mēndhī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press