अभिनय

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिनय (abhinaya).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɪ.nəj/, [ɐ.bʱɪ.nɐj]

Noun

अभिनय • (abhinay) m

1. (drama) acting; theatre

Declension

Declension of अभिनय (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अभिनय abhinay	अभिनय abhinay
oblique	अभिनय abhinay	अभिनयों abhinayõ
vocative	अभिनय abhinay	अभिनयो abhinayo

Derived terms

• अभिनय करना (abhinay karnā)

Further reading

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

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit अभिनय (abhinaya).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.bʱi.nəj/

Noun

अभिनय • (abhinay) m

1. acting

Declension

Declension of अभिनय (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	अभिनय abhinay
direct plural	अभिनय abhinay
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	अभिनय abhinay		अभिनय abhinay
oblique सामान्यरूप	अभिनया abhinayā		अभिनयां- abhinayān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	अभिनयाला abhinayālā		अभिनयांना abhinayānnā
ergative	अभिनयाने, अभिनयानं abhinayāne, abhinayāna		अभिनयांनी abhinayānnī
instrumental	अभिनयाशी abhinayāśī		अभिनयांशी abhinayānśī
locative सप्तमी	अभिनयात abhinayāt		अभिनयांत abhinayāt
vocative संबोधन	अभिनया abhinayā		अभिनयांनो abhinayānno
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 अभिनय (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	अभिनयाचा abhinayāċā	अभिनयाचे abhinayāċe	अभिनयाची abhinayācī	अभिनयाच्या abhinayācā	अभिनयाचे, अभिनयाचं abhinayāċe, abhinayāċa	अभिनयाची abhinayācī	अभिनयाच्या abhinayācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	अभिनयांचा abhinayānċā	अभिनयांचे abhinayānċe	अभिनयांची abhinayāñcī	अभिनयांच्या abhinayāncā	अभिनयांचे, अभिनयांचं abhinayānċe, abhinayānċa	अभिनयांची abhinayāñcī	अभिनयांच्या abhinayāñcā
* 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.

See also

• अभिनेता (abhinetā, “actor”)
• अभिनेत्री (abhinetrī, “actress”)

References

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

Sanskrit

Etymology

From अभि- (abhi-) +‎ नय (naya).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bʱi.nɐ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.bʱi.n̪ɐ.jɐ/

Noun

अभिनय • (abhinaya) stem, m

1. acting (indication of a passion or purpose by look & gesture)
2. dramatic action that is expressive of sentiment

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अभिनय (abhinaya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अभिनयः abhinayaḥ	अभिनयौ / अभिनया¹ abhinayau / abhinayā¹	अभिनयाः / अभिनयासः¹ abhinayāḥ / abhinayāsaḥ¹
Vocative	अभिनय abhinaya	अभिनयौ / अभिनया¹ abhinayau / abhinayā¹	अभिनयाः / अभिनयासः¹ abhinayāḥ / abhinayāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अभिनयम् abhinayam	अभिनयौ / अभिनया¹ abhinayau / abhinayā¹	अभिनयान् abhinayān
Instrumental	अभिनयेन abhinayena	अभिनयाभ्याम् abhinayābhyām	अभिनयैः / अभिनयेभिः¹ abhinayaiḥ / abhinayebhiḥ¹
Dative	अभिनयाय abhinayāya	अभिनयाभ्याम् abhinayābhyām	अभिनयेभ्यः abhinayebhyaḥ
Ablative	अभिनयात् abhinayāt	अभिनयाभ्याम् abhinayābhyām	अभिनयेभ्यः abhinayebhyaḥ
Genitive	अभिनयस्य abhinayasya	अभिनययोः abhinayayoḥ	अभिनयानाम् abhinayānām
Locative	अभिनये abhinaye	अभिनययोः abhinayayoḥ	अभिनयेषु abhinayeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Related terms

• अभिनी (abhinī, “to act; to conduct”, root)
  • अभिनयति (abhinayati)

Descendants

• → English: abhinaya
• → Hindi: अभिनय (abhinay)
• → Marathi: अभिनय (abhinay)
• → Telugu: అభినయము (abhinayamu)