माज

See also: मजा, मज़ा, माँजा, माजी, मुजी, मूजे, मेज, मेज़, मोजा, and मोज़ा

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘕 (māja), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚 (majja), from Sanskrit मद्य (mádya). Cognate with Hindi माँजा (māñjā). Doublet of मद्य (madya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mad͡z/

Noun

माज • (māj̈) m

1. arrogance

   Synonyms: अहंकार (ahaṅkār), उद्धटपणा (uddhaṭapṇā)

2. heat (intensity of feeling, such as the desire of copulation in animals)

Declension

Declension of माज (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	माज māj̈
direct plural	माज māj̈
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	माज māj̈		माज māj̈
oblique सामान्यरूप	माजा māj̈ā		माजां- māj̈ān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	माजाला māj̈ālā		माजांना māj̈ānnā
ergative	माजाने, माजानं māj̈āne, māj̈āna		माजांनी māj̈ānnī
instrumental	माजाशी māj̈āśī		माजांशी māj̈ānśī
locative सप्तमी	माजात māj̈āt		माजांत māj̈āt
vocative संबोधन	माजा māj̈ā		माजांनो māj̈ānno
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 माज (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	माजाचा māj̈āċā	माजाचे māj̈āċe	माजाची māj̈ācī	माजाच्या māj̈ācā	माजाचे, माजाचं māj̈āċe, māj̈āċa	माजाची māj̈ācī	माजाच्या māj̈ācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	माजांचा māj̈ānċā	माजांचे māj̈ānċe	माजांची māj̈āñcī	माजांच्या māj̈āncā	माजांचे, माजांचं māj̈ānċe, māj̈ānċa	माजांची māj̈āñcī	माजांच्या māj̈āñcā
* 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

• माज येणे (māj yeṇe), माजावर येणे (mājāvar yeṇe, “to come into heat”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “माज”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माज”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “माज”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mádya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press