चहा
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Marathi
Etymology
Ultimately from Chinese 茶 (chá). Compare Kannada ಚಹಾ (cahā), Gujarati ચા (cā), Hindi चाय (cāy), Punjabi ਚਾਹ (cāh) / چاہ (cāh), Nepali चिया (ciyā), Bengali চা (ca), Assamese চাহ (sah).
Pronunciation
Noun
चहा • (cahā) m
Declension
| Declension of चहा (masc unmarked ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
चहा cahā | ||
| direct plural |
चहा cahā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
चहा cahā |
चहा cahā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
चहा cahā |
चहां- cahān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
चहाला cahālā |
चहांना cahānnā | |
| ergative | चहाने, चहानं cahāne, cahāna |
चहांनी cahānnī | |
| instrumental | चहाशी cahāśī |
चहांशी cahānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
चहात cahāt |
चहांत cahāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
चहा cahā |
चहांनो cahānno | |
| 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 चहा (masc unmarked 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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
चहाचा cahāċā |
चहाचे cahāċe |
चहाची cahācī |
चहाच्या cahācā |
चहाचे, चहाचं cahāċe, cahāċa |
चहाची cahācī |
चहाच्या cahācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
चहांचा cahānċā |
चहांचे cahānċe |
चहांची cahāñcī |
चहांच्या cahāncā |
चहांचे, चहांचं cahānċe, cahānċa |
चहांची cahāñcī |
चहांच्या cahāñcā | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
Further reading
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चहा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 43
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चहा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 275
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Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “चहा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press - दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “चहा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1157.