बहाणा

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bahāna). Cognate with Gujarati બહાનું (bahānũ) and Hindi बहाना (bahānā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bə.ɦa.ɳa/, [bʱa.ɳa]

Noun

बहाणा • (bahāṇā) m^[1]^[2]

excuse, an explanation designed to avoid guilt.
आज काम न करण्यासाठी तिने आजाराचा बहाणा केला.
āj kām na karaṇyāsāṭhī tine ājārācā bahāṇā kelā.
She made the excuse of illness to avoid working today.
pretense, pretext, sham
Synonym: मिष (miṣ)

तो सहाय्य करण्याचा बहाणा करून आत शिरला.
to sahāyya karaṇyācā bahāṇā karūn āt śirlā.
He entered under the pretense of helping.

Declension

Declension of बहाणा (masc ā-stem)
direct singular	बहाणा bahāṇā
direct plural	बहाणे bahāṇe
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	बहाणा bahāṇā	बहाणे bahāṇe
oblique सामान्यरूप	बहाण्या bahāṇyā	बहाण्यां- bahāṇyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	बहाण्याला bahāṇyālā	बहाण्यांना bahāṇyānnā
ergative	बहाण्याने, बहाण्यानं bahāṇyāne, bahāṇyāna	बहाण्यांनी bahāṇyānnī
instrumental	बहाण्याशी bahāṇyāśī	बहाण्यांशी bahāṇyānśī
locative सप्तमी	बहाण्यात bahāṇyāt	बहाण्यांत bahāṇyāt
vocative संबोधन	बहाण्या bahāṇyā	बहाण्यांनो bahāṇyānno
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 बहाणा (masc ā-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	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	बहाण्याचा bahāṇyāċā	बहाण्याचे bahāṇyāċe	बहाण्याची bahāṇyācī	बहाण्याच्या bahāṇyācā	बहाण्याचे, बहाण्याचं bahāṇyāċe, bahāṇyāċa	बहाण्याची bahāṇyācī	बहाण्याच्या bahāṇyācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	बहाण्यांचा bahāṇyānċā	बहाण्यांचे bahāṇyānċe	बहाण्यांची bahāṇyāñcī	बहाण्यांच्या bahāṇyāncā	बहाण्यांचे, बहाण्यांचं bahāṇyānċe, bahāṇyānċa	बहाण्यांची bahāṇyāñcī	बहाण्यांच्या bahāṇyāñcā
^* 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.

References

^ Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “बहाणा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
^ Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “बहाणा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

[1] Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “बहाणा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies

[2] Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “बहाणा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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