हिजडा

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Marathi

Etymology

Cognate to Hindi हिजड़ा (hijṛā), Punjabi ਹਿਜੜਾ (hijṛā), Gujarati હીજડો (hījḍo), and Bengali হিজড়া (hijoṛa).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ɦid͡ʑ.ɖa/

Noun

हिजडा • (hijḍā) m

  1. male hermaphrodite

Declension

Declension of हिजडा (masc ā-stem)
direct
singular 		हिजडा
hijḍā
direct
plural 		हिजडे
hijḍe
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा 		हिजडा
hijḍā 		हिजडे
hijḍe
oblique
सामान्यरूप 		हिजड्या
hijḍyā 		हिजड्यां-
hijḍyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी 		हिजड्याला
hijḍyālā 		हिजड्यांना
hijḍyānnā
ergative हिजड्याने, हिजड्यानं
hijḍyāne, hijḍyāna 		हिजड्यांनी
hijḍyānnī
instrumental हिजड्याशी
hijḍyāśī 		हिजड्यांशी
hijḍyānśī
locative
सप्तमी 		हिजड्यात
hijḍyāt 		हिजड्यांत
hijḍyāt
vocative
संबोधन 		हिजड्या
hijḍyā 		हिजड्यांनो
hijḍyānno
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 हिजडा (masc ā-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 		हिजड्याचा
hijḍyāċā 		हिजड्याचे
hijḍyāċe 		हिजड्याची
hijḍyācī 		हिजड्याच्या
hijḍyācā 		हिजड्याचे, हिजड्याचं
hijḍyāċe, hijḍyāċa 		हिजड्याची
hijḍyācī 		हिजड्याच्या
hijḍyācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता 		हिजड्यांचा
hijḍyānċā 		हिजड्यांचे
hijḍyānċe 		हिजड्यांची
hijḍyāñcī 		हिजड्यांच्या
hijḍyāncā 		हिजड्यांचे, हिजड्यांचं
hijḍyānċe, hijḍyānċa 		हिजड्यांची
hijḍyāñcī 		हिजड्यांच्या
hijḍyāñcā
* 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.

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “हिजडा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
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