मांजर
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
| नपुसकलिंग (napusakliṅga): मांजरू n (māñjrū) |
| पुल्लिंग (pulliṅga): मांजर m (māñjar) |
| स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): मांजरी f (māñjrī) |
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘰𑘽𑘕𑘱𑘨 (māṃjira), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra), from Sanskrit मार्जार (mārjāra). Cognate to Konkani माजर (māzar), Gujarati મંજાર (mañjār), Hindi मँजार (mañjār), मंजार (mañjār).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मांजर • (māñjar) n
- (any gender) cat
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मांजर”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मांजर”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मांजर”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
- Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “[1]”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mārjārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press