गांडूळ

Marathi

गांडूळ

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गण्डोलक (gaṇḍolaka). Cognate with Konkani गांय्दोळ (gā̃ydōḷ), Sinhalese ගැඩවිලා (gæḍawilā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɳ.ɖuɭ̆/, [ɡaɳ.ɖuːɭ̆]

Noun

गांडूळ • (gāṇḍūḷ) n

1. earthworm

   Synonym: (less common) काडू (kāḍū)

Declension

Declension of गांडूळ (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	गांडूळ gāṇḍūḷ
direct plural	गांडूळे, गांडूळं gāṇḍūḷe, gāṇḍūḷa
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	गांडूळ gāṇḍūḷ		गांडूळे, गांडूळं gāṇḍūḷe, gāṇḍūḷa
oblique सामान्यरूप	गांडूळा gāṇḍūḷā		गांडूळां- gāṇḍūḷān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	गांडूळाला gāṇḍūḷālā		गांडूळांना gāṇḍūḷānnā
ergative	गांडूळाने, गांडूळानं gāṇḍūḷāne, gāṇḍūḷāna		गांडूळांनी gāṇḍūḷānnī
instrumental	गांडूळाशी gāṇḍūḷāśī		गांडूळांशी gāṇḍūḷānśī
locative सप्तमी	गांडूळात gāṇḍūḷāt		गांडूळांत gāṇḍūḷāt
vocative संबोधन	गांडूळा gāṇḍūḷā		गांडूळांनो gāṇḍūḷānno
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 गांडूळ (neut 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	गांडूळाचा gāṇḍūḷāċā	गांडूळाचे gāṇḍūḷāċe	गांडूळाची gāṇḍūḷācī	गांडूळाच्या gāṇḍūḷācā	गांडूळाचे, गांडूळाचं gāṇḍūḷāċe, gāṇḍūḷāċa	गांडूळाची gāṇḍūḷācī	गांडूळाच्या gāṇḍūḷācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	गांडूळांचा gāṇḍūḷānċā	गांडूळांचे gāṇḍūḷānċe	गांडूळांची gāṇḍūḷāñcī	गांडूळांच्या gāṇḍūḷāncā	गांडूळांचे, गांडूळांचं gāṇḍūḷānċe, gāṇḍūḷānċa	गांडूळांची gāṇḍūḷāñcī	गांडूळांच्या gāṇḍūḷāñcā
* 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

• गांडूळखत (gāṇḍūḷkhat, “vermicompost”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “गांडूळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गांडूळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gaṇḍūpada”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press