गुलाब
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See also: गुलाबी
Hindi
Etymology
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Borrowed from Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb), from گُل (gul) + آب (āb). By surface analysis, गुल (gul, “flower”) + आब (āb, “water”).
Compare Punjabi ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb) / گُلاب (gulāb), Sindhi گُلابُ / गुलाबु, Gujarati ગુલાબ (gulāb), Marathi गुलाब (gulāb), Konkani गुलाब (gulāb), Odia ଗୋଲାପ (golāpa), Bengali গোলাপ (gōlap), Assamese গোলাপ (gülap).
Pronunciation
Noun
गुलाब • (gulāb) m (Urdu spelling گُلَاب)
Declension
Declension of गुलाब (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
- गुलाबी (gulābī)
- गुलाब जामुन (gulāb jāmun)
Related terms
- गुलिस्तान (gulistān)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गुलाब”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
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Borrowed from Classical Persian گُلَاب (gulāb), from گُل (gul) + آب (āb).
Compare Konkani गुलाब (gulāb), Gujarati ગુલાબ (gulāb), Hindustani گُلَاب (gulāb) / गुलाब (gulāb), Sindhi گُلابُ / गुलाबु, Punjabi ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb) / گُلاب (gulāb), Odia ଗୋଲାପ (golāpa), Bengali গোলাপ (gōlap), Assamese গোলাপ (gülap).
Pronunciation
Noun
गुलाब • (gulāb) m
Declension
| Declension of गुलाब (masc cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
गुलाब gulāb | ||
| direct plural |
गुलाब gulāb | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
गुलाब gulāb |
गुलाब gulāb | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
गुलाबा gulābā |
गुलाबां- gulābān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
गुलाबाला gulābālā |
गुलाबांना gulābānnā | |
| ergative | गुलाबाने, गुलाबानं gulābāne, gulābāna |
गुलाबांनी gulābānnī | |
| instrumental | गुलाबाशी gulābāśī |
गुलाबांशी gulābānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
गुलाबात gulābāt |
गुलाबांत gulābāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
गुलाबा gulābā |
गुलाबांनो gulābānno | |
| 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 गुलाब (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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
गुलाबाचा gulābāċā |
गुलाबाचे gulābāċe |
गुलाबाची gulābācī |
गुलाबाच्या gulābācā |
गुलाबाचे, गुलाबाचं gulābāċe, gulābāċa |
गुलाबाची gulābācī |
गुलाबाच्या gulābācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
गुलाबांचा gulābānċā |
गुलाबांचे gulābānċe |
गुलाबांची gulābāñcī |
गुलाबांच्या gulābāncā |
गुलाबांचे, गुलाबांचं gulābānċe, gulābānċa |
गुलाबांची gulābāñcī |
गुलाबांच्या gulābāñcā | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
Derived terms
See also
- गुलाबाचे फूल (gulābāċe phūl, “the flower of rose”)
References
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “गुलाब”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गुलाब”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “गुलाब”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).