अफू

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian افیون (afyūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Compare Gujarati અફીણ (aphīṇ), Hindi अफ़ीम (afīm).

Noun

अफू • (aphū) f

1. opium

Declension

Declension of अफू (fem ū-stem)
direct singular	अफू aphū
direct plural	अफू aphu
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अफू aphū		अफू aphu
oblique सामान्यरूप	अफू aphu		अफूं- aphun-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अफूला aphulā		अफूंना aphunnā
ergative	अफूने, अफूनं aphune, aphuna		अफूंनी aphunnī
instrumental	अफूशी aphuśī		अफूंशी aphunśī
locative सप्तमी	अफूत aphut		अफूंत aphut
vocative संबोधन	अफू aphu		अफूंनो aphunno
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 अफू (fem ū-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	अफूचा aphuċā	अफूचे aphuċe	अफूची aphucī	अफूच्या aphucā	अफूचे, अफूचं aphuċe, aphuċa	अफूची aphucī	अफूच्या aphucā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अफूंचा aphunċā	अफूंचे aphunċe	अफूंची aphuñcī	अफूंच्या aphuncā	अफूंचे, अफूंचं aphunċe, aphunċa	अफूंची aphuñcī	अफूंच्या aphuñcā
* 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.

References

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