क्रिया

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्रिया (kriyā́).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɾɪ.jɑː/,

Noun

क्रिया (kriyāf (Urdu spelling کریا)

  1. (grammar) verb
  2. doing, performance
  3. action, act, deed
  4. undertaking
  5. business
  6. use
  7. work, labour; literary work
  8. medical treatment or practice
  9. religious act or ceremony, pious act, a duty
  10. obsequies
  11. oath

Declension

Derived terms

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit क्रिया (kriyā).

Pronunciation

Noun

क्रिया (kriyāf

  1. action, activity, act
  2. process
    Synonym: प्रक्रिया (prakriyā)
  3. doing
  4. deed
    Synonym: कर्म (karma)
  5. religious rite

Declension

Declension of क्रिया (fem ā-stem)
direct
singular
क्रिया
kriyā
direct
plural
क्रिया
kriyā
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
क्रिया
kriyā
क्रिया
kriyā
oblique
सामान्यरूप
क्रिये
kriye
क्रियां-
kriyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
क्रियेला
kriyelā
क्रियांना
kriyānnā
ergative क्रियेने, क्रियेनं
kriyene, kriyena
क्रियांनी
kriyānnī
instrumental क्रियेशी
kriyeśī
क्रियांशी
kriyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
क्रियेत
kriyet
क्रियांत
kriyāt
vocative
संबोधन
क्रिये
kriye
क्रियांनो
kriyānno
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 क्रिया (fem 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
क्रियेचा
kriyeċā
क्रियेचे
kriyeċe
क्रियेची
kriyecī
क्रियेच्या
kriyecā
क्रियेचे, क्रियेचं
kriyeċe, kriyeċa
क्रियेची
kriyecī
क्रियेच्या
kriyecā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
क्रियांचा
kriyānċā
क्रियांचे
kriyānċe
क्रियांची
kriyāñcī
क्रियांच्या
kriyāncā
क्रियांचे, क्रियांचं
kriyānċe, kriyānċa
क्रियांची
kriyāñcī
क्रियांच्या
kriyāñcā
* 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.

Derived terms

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “क्रिया”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “क्रिया”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “क्रिया”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “क्रिया”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Sanskrit

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Etymology

Compound of क्रिय् (kriy) +‎ (ā), in which क्रिय् (kriy) is a Back-formation from क्रियते (kriyate), passive of कृ (kṛ).

Pronunciation

Noun

क्रिया (kriyā́) stemf

  1. doing, performing, performance, occupation with (in compounds), business, act, action, undertaking, activity, work, labour
  2. (grammar) action (as the general idea expressed by any verb), verb
    सकर्मक्रिया (sakarmakriyā)"active" verb
    अकर्मक्रिया (akarmakriyā)intransitive verb
  3. a religious rite or ceremony, sacrificial act, sacrifice
  4. religious action, worship
  5. (Hinduism) Kriyā, (personified as a daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma; or as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Kratu)
  6. atonement
  7. disquisition
  8. study
  9. means, expedient

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of क्रिया (kriyā́)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative क्रिया
kriyā́
क्रिये
kriyé
क्रियाः
kriyā́ḥ
Vocative क्रिये
kríye
क्रिये
kríye
क्रियाः
kríyāḥ
Accusative क्रियाम्
kriyā́m
क्रिये
kriyé
क्रियाः
kriyā́ḥ
Instrumental क्रियया / क्रिया¹
kriyáyā / kriyā́¹
क्रियाभ्याम्
kriyā́bhyām
क्रियाभिः
kriyā́bhiḥ
Dative क्रियायै
kriyā́yai
क्रियाभ्याम्
kriyā́bhyām
क्रियाभ्यः
kriyā́bhyaḥ
Ablative क्रियायाः / क्रियायै²
kriyā́yāḥ / kriyā́yai²
क्रियाभ्याम्
kriyā́bhyām
क्रियाभ्यः
kriyā́bhyaḥ
Genitive क्रियायाः / क्रियायै²
kriyā́yāḥ / kriyā́yai²
क्रिययोः
kriyáyoḥ
क्रियाणाम्
kriyā́ṇām
Locative क्रियायाम्
kriyā́yām
क्रिययोः
kriyáyoḥ
क्रियासु
kriyā́su
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

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