महोदय

Hindi

Borrowed from Sanskrit महोदय (mahodaya).

महोदय • (mahoday) m (female equivalent महोदया)

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “महोदय”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3864
Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “महोदय”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 587
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “महोदय”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 801
Bahri, Hardev (1989), “महोदय”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 501.

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit महोदय (mahodaya), By surface analysis, महा- (mahā-) +‎ उदय (uday).

महोदय • (mahoday) m

Declension of महोदय (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	महोदय mahoday
direct plural	महोदय mahoday
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	महोदय mahoday	महोदय mahoday
oblique सामान्यरूप	महोदया mahodyā	महोदयां- mahodyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	महोदयाला mahodyālā	महोदयांना mahodyānnā
ergative	महोदयाने, महोदयानं mahodyāne, mahodyāna	महोदयांनी mahodyānnī
instrumental	महोदयाशी mahodyāśī	महोदयांशी mahodyānśī
locative सप्तमी	महोदयात mahodyāt	महोदयांत mahodyāt
vocative संबोधन	महोदया mahodyā	महोदयांनो mahodyānno
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 महोदय (masc cons-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	महोदयाचा mahodyāċā	महोदयाचे mahodyāċe	महोदयाची mahodyācī	महोदयाच्या mahodyācā	महोदयाचे, महोदयाचं mahodyāċe, mahodyāċa	महोदयाची mahodyācī	महोदयाच्या mahodyācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	महोदयांचा mahodyānċā	महोदयांचे mahodyānċe	महोदयांची mahodyāñcī	महोदयांच्या mahodyāncā	महोदयांचे, महोदयांचं mahodyānċe, mahodyānċa	महोदयांची mahodyāñcī	महोदयांच्या mahodyāñcā
^* 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.

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