हाव

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Hindi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦɑːʋ/,

Noun

हाव (hāv?

  1. call, cry: any flirtatious gesture (of a heroine)

Derived terms

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Derived from Classical Persian هَوا (havâ, desire), from Arabic هَوَاء (hawāʔ, vacancy).

Pronunciation

Noun

हाव (hāvm

  1. greed, avarice, avidity
    Synonyms: लोभ (lobh), लालसा (lālsā) (formal)
  2. blandishment, coquetry
    Synonym: प्रलोभन (pralobhan)

Declension

Declension of हाव (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
हाव
hāva
direct
plural
हाव
hāva
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
हाव
hāva
हाव
hāva
oblique
सामान्यरूप
हावा
hāvaā
हावां-
hāvaān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
हावाला
hāvaālā
हावांना
hāvaānnā
ergative हावाने, हावानं
hāvaāne, hāvaāna
हावांनी
hāvaānnī
instrumental हावाशी
hāvaāśī
हावांशी
hāvaānśī
locative
सप्तमी
हावात
hāvaāt
हावांत
hāvaāt
vocative
संबोधन
हावा
hāvaā
हावांनो
hāvaānno
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 हाव (masc 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
हावाचा
hāvaāċā
हावाचे
hāvaāċe
हावाची
hāvaācī
हावाच्या
hāvaācā
हावाचे, हावाचं
hāvaāċe, hāvaāċa
हावाची
hāvaācī
हावाच्या
hāvaācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
हावांचा
hāvaānċā
हावांचे
hāvaānċe
हावांची
hāvaāñcī
हावांच्या
hāvaāncā
हावांचे, हावांचं
hāvaānċe, hāvaānċa
हावांची
hāvaāñcī
हावांच्या
hāvaāñcā
* 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) “हाव”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “हाव”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press