जळू

See also: जाळ

Marathi

जळू (एक प्राणी)

Etymology

From Sanskrit जलौका (jalaukā) or जलूका (jalūkā). Cognate to Gujarati જળો (jaḷo).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡zə.ɭ̆u/, [d͡zə.ɭ̆uː]

Noun

जळू • (j̈aḷū) f

1. leech

Declension

Declension of जळू (fem ū-stem)
direct singular	जळू jaḷū
direct plural	जळवा j̈aḷvā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	जळू jaḷū		जळवा j̈aḷvā
oblique सामान्यरूप	जळू j̈aḷū		जळवां- j̈aḷvān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	जळूला j̈aḷūlā		जळवांना j̈aḷvānnā
ergative	जळूने, जळूनं j̈aḷūne, j̈aḷūna		जळवांनी j̈aḷvānnī
instrumental	जळूशी j̈aḷūśī		जळवांशी j̈aḷvānśī
locative सप्तमी	जळूत j̈aḷūt		जळवांत j̈aḷvāt
vocative संबोधन	जळू j̈aḷū		जळवांनो j̈aḷvānno
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 जळू (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	जळूचा j̈aḷūċā	जळूचे j̈aḷūċe	जळूची j̈aḷūcī	जळूच्या j̈aḷūcā	जळूचे, जळूचं j̈aḷūċe, j̈aḷūċa	जळूची j̈aḷūcī	जळूच्या j̈aḷūcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	जळवांचा j̈aḷvānċā	जळवांचे j̈aḷvānċe	जळवांची j̈aḷvāñcī	जळवांच्या j̈aḷvāncā	जळवांचे, जळवांचं j̈aḷvānċe, j̈aḷvānċa	जळवांची j̈aḷvāñcī	जळवांच्या j̈aḷvāñcā
* 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, “जळू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “जळू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “जळू”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jalūkā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press