बंबई

Hindi edit

Alternative forms edit

बम्बई (bambaī)

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Portuguese Bombaim.

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /bəm.bə.iː/, [bɐ̃m.bɐ.iː]

Proper noun edit

बंबई • (bambaī) f (Urdu spelling بمبئی)

Bombay (former name of Mumbai, a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)
Synonyms: मुंबई (mumbaī), मुम्बई (mumbaī)

Declension edit

Declension of बंबई (sg-only fem ind ī-stem)

	singular
direct	बंबई bambaī
oblique	बंबई bambaī
vocative	बंबई bambaī

References edit

Platts, John T. (1884) “बम्बई”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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