आजोबा

Marathi

Etymology

From आजा (āj̈ā, “grandfather”) +‎ -बा (-bā, “honorific suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.d͡zo.ba/
• Hyphenation: आ‧जो‧बा
• Rhymes: -a

Noun

आजोबा • (āj̈obā) m (feminine आजी)

1. (respectful) grandfather, paternal or maternal

   Synonyms: आजा (āj̈ā), आज्जा (āj̈j̈ā), आबा (ābā) (less common)

2. (respectful) old man

Usage notes

• *आजोबे (āj̈obe) as a marked direct plural of आजोबा (āj̈obā) is ungrammatical. For a marked direct plural of grandfather, the direct plural of आजा (āj̈ā), which is आजे (āj̈e), is used instead.

Declension

Declension of आजोबा (masc unmarked ā-stem)
direct singular	आजोबा ājobā
direct plural	आजोबा ājobā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	आजोबा ājobā		आजोबा ājobā
oblique सामान्यरूप	आजोबा āj̈obā		आजोबां- āj̈obān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	आजोबाला āj̈obālā		आजोबांना āj̈obānnā
ergative	आजोबाने, आजोबानं āj̈obāne, āj̈obāna		आजोबांनी āj̈obānnī
instrumental	आजोबाशी āj̈obāśī		आजोबांशी āj̈obānśī
locative सप्तमी	आजोबात āj̈obāt		आजोबांत āj̈obāt
vocative संबोधन	आजोबा āj̈obā		आजोबांनो āj̈obānno
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 आजोबा (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
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	आजोबाचा āj̈obāċā	आजोबाचे āj̈obāċe	आजोबाची āj̈obācī	आजोबाच्या āj̈obācā	आजोबाचे, आजोबाचं āj̈obāċe, āj̈obāċa	आजोबाची āj̈obācī	आजोबाच्या āj̈obācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	आजोबांचा āj̈obānċā	आजोबांचे āj̈obānċe	आजोबांची āj̈obāñcī	आजोबांच्या āj̈obāncā	आजोबांचे, आजोबांचं āj̈obānċe, āj̈obānċa	आजोबांची āj̈obāñcī	आजोबांच्या āj̈obāñcā
* 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, “आजोबा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 8.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आजोबा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 64
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “आजोबा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “आजोबा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 221.