होमशाला

Marathi

Alternative forms

होमशाळा (homśāḷā)

Etymology

From होम (hom, “homa”) +‎ -शाला (-śālā, “place”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɦom.ɕa.la/

Noun

होमशाला • (homśālā) f (Hinduism)

the place or receptacle for the sacred fire (of a homa) maintained by an Agnihotri.

Declension

Declension of होमशाला (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	होमशाला homśālā
direct plural	होमशाला hōmaśālā
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	होमशाला homśālā	होमशाला hōmaśālā
oblique सामान्यरूप	होमशाले hōmaśāle	होमशालां- hōmaśālān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	होमशालेला hōmaśālelā	होमशालांना hōmaśālānnā
ergative	होमशालेने, होमशालेनं hōmaśālene, hōmaśālena	होमशालांनी hōmaśālānnī
instrumental	होमशालेशी hōmaśāleśī	होमशालांशी hōmaśālānśī
locative सप्तमी	होमशालेत hōmaśālet	होमशालांत hōmaśālāt
vocative संबोधन	होमशाले hōmaśāle	होमशालांनो hōmaśālānno
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 होमशाला (fem 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	होमशालेचा hōmaśāleċā	होमशालेचे hōmaśāleċe	होमशालेची hōmaśālecī	होमशालेच्या hōmaśālecā	होमशालेचे, होमशालेचं hōmaśāleċe, hōmaśāleċa	होमशालेची hōmaśālecī	होमशालेच्या hōmaśālecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	होमशालांचा hōmaśālānċā	होमशालांचे hōmaśālānċe	होमशालांची hōmaśālāñcī	होमशालांच्या hōmaśālāncā	होमशालांचे, होमशालांचं hōmaśālānċe, hōmaśālānċa	होमशालांची hōmaśālāñcī	होमशालांच्या hōmaśālāñcā
^* 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

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