अपमान

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अपमान (apamāna), a compound of अप- (apa-, negating prefix) +‎ मान (māna, "respect").

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əp.mɑːn/, [ɐp.mä̃ːn]

Noun

अपमान • (apmān) m

1. disrespect, slander

   Synonyms: अनादर (anādar), निरादर (nirādar), तिरस्कार (tiraskār), बेइज़्ज़ती (beizzatī)

   हम आपको ऐसा अपमान नहीं करने देंगे!

   ham āpko aisā apmān nahī̃ karne deṅge!

   I will not let you do this slander!

2. disgrace, dishonor

Declension

Declension of अपमान (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अपमान apmān	अपमान apmān
oblique	अपमान apmān	अपमानों apmānõ
vocative	अपमान apmān	अपमानो apmāno

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अपमान”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 41

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अपमान (apamāna), a compound of अप- (apa-, negating prefix) +‎ मान (māna, "respect").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əp.man/

Noun

अपमान • (apmān) m

1. disrespect

   Synonyms: अनादर (anādar), अवमान (avmān)

   Antonyms: आदर (ādar), मान (mān)

Declension

Declension of अपमान (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	अपमान apmān
direct plural	अपमान apmān
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अपमान apmān		अपमान apmān
oblique सामान्यरूप	अपमाना apmānā		अपमानां- apmānān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अपमानाला apmānālā		अपमानांना apmānānnā
ergative	अपमानाने, अपमानानं apmānāne, apmānāna		अपमानांनी apmānānnī
instrumental	अपमानाशी apmānāśī		अपमानांशी apmānānśī
locative सप्तमी	अपमानात apmānāt		अपमानांत apmānāt
vocative संबोधन	अपमाना apmānā		अपमानांनो apmānānno
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 अपमान (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	अपमानाचा apmānāċā	अपमानाचे apmānāċe	अपमानाची apmānācī	अपमानाच्या apmānācā	अपमानाचे, अपमानाचं apmānāċe, apmānāċa	अपमानाची apmānācī	अपमानाच्या apmānācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अपमानांचा apmānānċā	अपमानांचे apmānānċe	अपमानांची apmānāñcī	अपमानांच्या apmānāncā	अपमानांचे, अपमानांचं apmānānċe, apmānānċa	अपमानांची apmānāñcī	अपमानांच्या apmānāñcā
* 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

• अपमान करणे (apmān karṇe, “to disrespect”)
• अपमानास्पद (apmānāspad, “disrespectful”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “अपमान”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अपमान”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “अपमान”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press