केळे

See also: काळ, काळे, and काळें

Marathi

Alternative forms

• केळ (keḷ), केळं (keḷa)
• केलं (kela) — East Indian Dialect

Etymology

नपुसकलिंग (napusakliṅga): केळे n (keḷe)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): केळ f (keḷ)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀬𑀮 (kayala) / कय़ल / ಕಯ಼ಲ (kaẏala), 𑀓𑁂𑀮 / केल / ಕೇಲ (kela) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Old Marathi 𑘎𑘹𑘯𑘲 f (keḷī, “plantain tree”)), from Sanskrit कदल (kadala). Cognate with Konkani केळें (keḷẽ).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /ke.ɭ̆e/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ke.ɭ̆ə/
• Hyphenation: के‧ळे

Noun

केळे • (keḷe) n (feminine केळ)

1. banana (fruit)

Declension

Declension of केळे (neut e-stem)
direct singular	केळे keḷe
direct plural	केळी keḷī
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	केळे keḷe		केळी keḷī
oblique सामान्यरूप	केळ्या keḷyā		केळ्यां- keḷyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	केळ्याला keḷyālā		केळ्यांना keḷyānnā
ergative	केळ्याने, केळ्यानं keḷyāne, keḷyāna		केळ्यांनी keḷyānnī
instrumental	केळ्याशी keḷyāśī		केळ्यांशी keḷyānśī
locative सप्तमी	केळ्यात keḷyāt		केळ्यांत keḷyāt
vocative संबोधन	केळ्या keḷyā		केळ्यांनो keḷyānno
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 केळे (neut e-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	केळ्याचा keḷyāċā	केळ्याचे keḷyāċe	केळ्याची keḷyācī	केळ्याच्या keḷyācā	केळ्याचे, केळ्याचं keḷyāċe, keḷyāċa	केळ्याची keḷyācī	केळ्याच्या keḷyācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	केळ्यांचा keḷyānċā	केळ्यांचे keḷyānċe	केळ्यांची keḷyāñcī	केळ्यांच्या keḷyāncā	केळ्यांचे, केळ्यांचं keḷyānċe, keḷyānċa	केळ्यांची keḷyāñcī	केळ्यांच्या keḷyāñcā
* 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.

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “केळे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 28.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “केळें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 181
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “केळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 782.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kadala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 136