शक्ती

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Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शक्ति (śákti, śaktí). Compare Old Marathi 𑘫𑘎𑘝𑘱 (śakati), 𑘫𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱 (śakti), 𑘭𑘎𑘝𑘲 (sakatī), Gujarati શક્તિ (śakti), Hindi शक्ति (śakti), Kannada ಶಕ್ತಿ (śakti), Punjabi ਸ਼ਕਤੀ (śaktī) / شکتی (śktī), Bengali শক্তি (śokti), Malayalam ശക്തി (śakti), Tamil சக்தி (cakti).

Pronunciation

Noun

शक्ती (śaktīf

  1. power, energy, capability
    Synonyms: त्राण (trāṇ), जोर (jor), ताकद (tākad)

Declension

Declension of शक्ती (fem ī-stem)
direct
singular
शक्ती
śaktī
direct
plural
शक्त्या
śaktyā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
शक्ती
śaktī
शक्त्या
śaktyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
शक्ती
śaktī
शक्त्यां-
śaktyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
शक्तीला
śaktīlā
शक्त्यांना
śaktyānnā
ergative शक्तीने, शक्तीनं
śaktīne, śaktīna
शक्त्यांनी
śaktyānnī
instrumental शक्तीशी
śaktīśī
शक्त्यांशी
śaktyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
शक्तीत
śaktīt
शक्त्यांत
śaktyāt
vocative
संबोधन
शक्ती
śaktī
शक्त्यांनो
śaktyānno
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 शक्ती (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
शक्तीचा
śaktīċā
शक्तीचे
śaktīċe
शक्तीची
śaktīcī
शक्तीच्या
śaktīcā
शक्तीचे, शक्तीचं
śaktīċe, śaktīċa
शक्तीची
śaktīcī
शक्तीच्या
śaktīcā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
शक्त्यांचा
śaktyānċā
शक्त्यांचे
śaktyānċe
शक्त्यांची
śaktyāñcī
शक्त्यांच्या
śaktyāncā
शक्त्यांचे, शक्त्यांचं
śaktyānċe, śaktyānċa
शक्त्यांची
śaktyāñcī
शक्त्यांच्या
śaktyāñcā
* 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 (1982–1983) “शक्ती”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शक्ति”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “शक्ति”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).