मेण
Konkani edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit मदन (madana, “beeswax”). Cognate with Gujarati મીણ (mīṇ), Marathi मेण (meṇ), Telugu మైనము (mainamu).
Noun edit
Marathi edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Gujarati મીણ (mīṇ), Konkani मेण (meṇ), Telugu మైనము (mainamu).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
मेण • (meṇ) n
Declension edit
| Declension of मेण (neut cons-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
मेण meṇ | ||
| direct plural |
मेणे, मेणं meṇe, meṇa | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
मेण meṇ |
मेणे, मेणं meṇe, meṇa | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
मेणा meṇā |
मेणां- meṇān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
मेणाला meṇālā |
मेणांना meṇānnā | |
| ergative | मेणाने, मेणानं meṇāne, meṇāna |
मेणांनी meṇānnī | |
| instrumental | मेणाशी meṇāśī |
मेणांशी meṇānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
मेणात meṇāt |
मेणांत meṇāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
मेणा meṇā |
मेणांनो meṇānno | |
| 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 मेण (neut cons-stem) | ||||||||
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| 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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
मेणाचा meṇāċā |
मेणाचे meṇāċe |
मेणाची meṇācī |
मेणाच्या meṇācā |
मेणाचे, मेणाचं meṇāċe, meṇāċa |
मेणाची meṇācī |
मेणाच्या meṇācā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
मेणांचा meṇānċā |
मेणांचे meṇānċe |
मेणांची meṇāñcī |
मेणांच्या meṇāncā |
मेणांचे, मेणांचं meṇānċe, meṇānċa |
मेणांची meṇāñcī |
मेणांच्या meṇāñcā | |
| * 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 edit
- मेणबत्ती (meṇbattī, “candle”)
References edit
- Berntsen, Maxine, “मेण”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मेण”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “मेण”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press