आकाशगंगा

Hindi

Etymology

आकाश (ākāś, “sky”) +‎ गंगा (gaṅgā, “the Ganges; a river”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.kɑːʃ.ɡəŋ.ɡɑː/, [äː.käːʃ.ɡɐ̃ŋ.ɡäː]

Noun

आकाशगंगा • (ākāśgaṅgā) f

1. (astronomy) Milky Way

Declension

Declension of आकाशगंगा (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	आकाशगंगा ākāśgaṅgā
oblique	आकाशगंगा ākāśgaṅgā
vocative	आकाशगंगा ākāśgaṅgā

Marathi

Etymology

आकाश (ākāś, “sky”) +‎ गंगा (gaṅgā, “the Ganges; a river”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.kaɕ.ɡəŋ.ɡa/

Noun

आकाशगंगा • (ākāśgaṅgā) f

1. (astronomy) Milky Way
2. galaxy

Declension

Declension of आकाशगंगा (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	आकाशगंगा ākāśgaṅgā
direct plural	आकाशगंगा ākāśgaṅgā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	आकाशगंगा ākāśgaṅgā		आकाशगंगा ākāśgaṅgā
oblique सामान्यरूप	आकाशगंगे ākāśgaṅge		आकाशगंगां- ākāśgaṅgān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	आकाशगंगेला ākāśgaṅgelā		आकाशगंगांना ākāśgaṅgānnā
ergative	आकाशगंगेने, आकाशगंगेनं ākāśgaṅgene, ākāśgaṅgena		आकाशगंगांनी ākāśgaṅgānnī
instrumental	आकाशगंगेशी ākāśgaṅgeśī		आकाशगंगांशी ākāśgaṅgānśī
locative सप्तमी	आकाशगंगेत ākāśgaṅget		आकाशगंगांत ākāśgaṅgāt
vocative संबोधन	आकाशगंगे ākāśgaṅge		आकाशगंगांनो ākāśgaṅgānno
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 आकाशगंगा (fem 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	आकाशगंगेचा ākāśgaṅgeċā	आकाशगंगेचे ākāśgaṅgeċe	आकाशगंगेची ākāśgaṅgecī	आकाशगंगेच्या ākāśgaṅgecā	आकाशगंगेचे, आकाशगंगेचं ākāśgaṅgeċe, ākāśgaṅgeċa	आकाशगंगेची ākāśgaṅgecī	आकाशगंगेच्या ākāśgaṅgecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	आकाशगंगांचा ākāśgaṅgānċā	आकाशगंगांचे ākāśgaṅgānċe	आकाशगंगांची ākāśgaṅgāñcī	आकाशगंगांच्या ākāśgaṅgāncā	आकाशगंगांचे, आकाशगंगांचं ākāśgaṅgānċe, ākāśgaṅgānċa	आकाशगंगांची ākāśgaṅgāñcī	आकाशगंगांच्या ākāśgaṅgāñcā
* 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

• सूर्यमाला (sūryamālā, “solar system”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “आकाशगंगा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.