माजी

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ماضی (māzī), from Arabic مَاضِي (māḍī). Cognate with Tamil மாஜி (māji).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.d͡ʑi/, [ma.d͡ʑiː]
• Hyphenation: मा‧जी
• Rhymes: -i

Adjective

माजी • (mājī)

1. former, ex-

   Antonym: आजी (ājī)

   माजी पंतप्रधान ― mājī pantapradhān ― former prime minister

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “माजी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 116.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “माजी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 641
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “माजी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2452.