मुंबई

Hindi

Alternative forms

• मुम्बई (mumbaī)
• (dated) बंबई (bambaī), बम्बई (bambaī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mʊm.bə.iː/, [mʊ̃m.bɐ.iː]

Proper noun

मुंबई • (mumbaī) f (Urdu spelling مُمْبَئِی)

1. Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)

Declension

Declension of मुंबई (sg-only fem ind ī-stem)

	singular
direct	मुंबई mumbaī
oblique	मुंबई mumbaī
vocative	मुंबई mumbaī

Further reading

• “[1]”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Marathi

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Etymology

From मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba”, the local mother goddess) +‎ आई (āī, “mother”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mum.bəi/, [mum.bəiː]

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Proper noun

मुंबई • (mumbaī) f

1. Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)

Declension

Declension of मुंबई
direct singular	मुंबई mumbaī
direct plural	{{{ dir_pl }}}
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	मुंबई mumbaī		{{{ dir_pl }}}
oblique सामान्यरूप	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}		{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ं- n-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ला lā		{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंना nnā
ergative	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ने, {{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}नं ne, na		{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंनी nnī
instrumental	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}शी śī		{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंशी nśī
locative सप्तमी	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}त t		{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंत t
vocative संबोधन	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}		{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंनो nno
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 मुंबई
	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	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चा ċā	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चे ċe	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ची cī	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}च्या cā	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चे, {{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चं ċe, ċa	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ची cī	{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}च्या cā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचा nċā	{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचे nċe	{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंची ñcī	{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंच्या ncā	{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचे, {{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचं nċe, nċa	{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंची ñcī	{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंच्या ñcā
* 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

• मुंबईकर (mumbaīkar)
• मुंबईदर्शन (mumbaīdarśan)
• बृहन्मुंबई (bŕhanmumbaī)
• नवी मुंबई (navī mumbaī)

Descendants

Terms borrowed from मुंबई (mumbaī)

• → Assamese: মুম্বাই (mumbai)
• → Bengali: মুম্বাই (mumbai)
• → English: Mumbai
• → Gujarati: મુંબઈ (mumbaī)
• → Hindustani: mumbaī

  Hindi: मुंबई

  Urdu: مُمْبَئِی

  • → Arabic: مُومْبَاي (mūmbāy)
• → Japanese: ムンバイ
• → Kannada: ಮುಂಬೈ (mumbai)
• → Korean: 뭄바이 (mumbai)
• → Malayalam: മുംബൈ (mumbai)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਮੁੰਬਈ (mumbaī)

  Shahmukhi script: مُمبَئی (mumba'ī)

• → Tamil: மும்பை (mumpai)
• → Telugu: ముంబై (mumbai)

Further reading

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुंबई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 659
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मुंबई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2506.