मुंबई
Hindi
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /mʊm.bə.iː/, [mʊ̃m.bɐ.iː]
Proper noun
मुंबई • (mumbaī) f (Urdu spelling مُمْبَئِی)
- Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)
Declension
| 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, 2026.
Marathi
Picture dictionary
मुंबई महानगर क्षेत्र
मुंबई
मुलुंड
पवई
मढ
वेसावे
मलाड
गोरेगाव
ऐरोली
रबाळे
घणसोली
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
- Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)
Declension
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| Declension of मुंबई (mumbaī) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular |
मुंबई mumbaī | ||
| direct plural |
मुंबई mumbaī | ||
| singular एकवचन |
plural अनेकवचन | ||
| nominative प्रथमा |
मुंबई mumbaī |
मुंबई mumbaī | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप |
मुंबई mumbaī |
मुंबईं- mumbaīn- | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी |
मुंबईला mumbaīlā |
मुंबईंना mumbaīnnā | |
| ergative | मुंबईने, मुंबईनं mumbaīne, mumbaīna |
मुंबईंनी mumbaīnnī | |
| instrumental | मुंबईशी mumbaīśī |
मुंबईंशी mumbaīnśī | |
| locative सप्तमी |
मुंबईत mumbaīt |
मुंबईंत mumbaīt | |
| vocative संबोधन |
मुंबई mumbaī |
मुंबईंनो mumbaīnno | |
| 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 (mumbaī) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
मुंबईचा mumbaīċā |
मुंबईचे mumbaīċe |
मुंबईची mumbaīcī |
मुंबईच्या mumbaīcā |
मुंबईचे, मुंबईचं mumbaīċe, mumbaīċa |
मुंबईची mumbaīcī |
मुंबईच्या mumbaīcā | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता |
मुंबईंचा mumbaīnċā |
मुंबईंचे mumbaīnċe |
मुंबईंची mumbaīñcī |
मुंबईंच्या mumbaīncā |
मुंबईंचे, मुंबईंचं mumbaīnċe, mumbaīnċa |
मुंबईंची mumbaīñcī |
मुंबईंच्या mumbaīñcā | |
| * 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
- → Arabic: مُومْبَاي (mūmbāy)
- → Japanese: ムンバイ
- → Kannada: ಮುಂಬೈ (mumbai)
- → Korean: 뭄바이 (mumbai)
- → Malayalam: മുംബൈ (mumbai)
- → Punjabi:
- → 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