गिरणी
Marathi
Etymology
Possibly derived from Sanskrit घूर्णि (ghūrṇi).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡiɾ.ɳi/, [ɡiɾ.ɳiː]
Noun
- an industrial mill or factory.
- Coordinate term: कारखाना (kārkhānā)
- (common usage) a commercial grinding mill used for processing grains, spices, or pulses.
- Synonym: चक्की (cakkī)
- (largely obsolete) a cotton mill.
- Synonym: सूतगिरणी (sūtgirṇī)
Declension
| Declension of गिरणी (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
गिरणी giraṇī | ||
| direct plural |
गिरण्या giraṇyā | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
गिरणी giraṇī |
गिरण्या giraṇyā | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
गिरणी giraṇī |
गिरण्यां- giraṇyān- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
गिरणीला giraṇīlā |
गिरण्यांना giraṇyānnā | |
| ergative | गिरणीने, गिरणीनं giraṇīne, giraṇīna |
गिरण्यांनी giraṇyānnī | |
| instrumental | गिरणीशी giraṇīśī |
गिरण्यांशी giraṇyānśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
गिरणीत giraṇīt |
गिरण्यांत giraṇyāt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
गिरणी giraṇī |
गिरण्यांनो giraṇyānno | |
| 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 गिरणी (fem ī-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 |
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता |
गिरणीचा giraṇīċā |
गिरणीचे giraṇīċe |
गिरणीची giraṇīcī |
गिरणीच्या giraṇīcā |
गिरणीचे, गिरणीचं giraṇīċe, giraṇīċa |
गिरणीची giraṇīcī |
गिरणीच्या giraṇīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
गिरण्यांचा giraṇyānċā |
गिरण्यांचे giraṇyānċe |
गिरण्यांची giraṇyāñcī |
गिरण्यांच्या giraṇyāncā |
गिरण्यांचे, गिरण्यांचं giraṇyānċe, giraṇyānċa |
गिरण्यांची giraṇyāñcī |
गिरण्यांच्या giraṇyāñcā | |
| * 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. | ||||||||
Descendants
- → Kannada: ಗಿರಣಿ (giraṇi)
References
- ^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “गिरणी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- ^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “गिरणी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press