केळे

Marathi

Alternative forms

Etymology

नपुसकलिंग (napusakliṅga): केळे n (keḷe)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): केळ f (keḷ)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀬𑀮 (kayala) / कय़ल / ಕಯ಼ಲ (kaẏala), 𑀓𑁂𑀮 / केल / ಕೇಲ (kela) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) (compare Old Marathi 𑘎𑘹𑘯𑘲 f (keḷī, plantain tree)), from Sanskrit कदल (kadala). Cognate with Konkani केळें (keḷẽ).

Pronunciation

  • (formal) IPA(key): /ke.ɭ̆e/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ke.ɭ̆ə/
  • Hyphenation: के‧ळे

Noun

केळे • (keḷe) n (feminine केळ)

  1. banana (fruit)

Declension

Declension of केळे (neut e-stem)
direct
singular
केळे
keḷe
direct
plural
केळी
keḷī
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
केळे
keḷe
केळी
keḷī
oblique
सामान्यरूप
केळ्या
keḷyā
केळ्यां-
keḷyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
केळ्याला
keḷyālā
केळ्यांना
keḷyānnā
ergative केळ्याने, केळ्यानं
keḷyāne, keḷyāna
केळ्यांनी
keḷyānnī
instrumental केळ्याशी
keḷyāśī
केळ्यांशी
keḷyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
केळ्यात
keḷyāt
केळ्यांत
keḷyāt
vocative
संबोधन
केळ्या
keḷyā
केळ्यांनो
keḷyānno
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 केळे (neut e-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
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
केळ्याचा
keḷyāċā
केळ्याचे
keḷyāċe
केळ्याची
keḷyācī
केळ्याच्या
keḷyācā
केळ्याचे, केळ्याचं
keḷyāċe, keḷyāċa
केळ्याची
keḷyācī
केळ्याच्या
keḷyācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
केळ्यांचा
keḷyānċā
केळ्यांचे
keḷyānċe
केळ्यांची
keḷyāñcī
केळ्यांच्या
keḷyāncā
केळ्यांचे, केळ्यांचं
keḷyānċe, keḷyānċa
केळ्यांची
keḷyāñcī
केळ्यांच्या
keḷyāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “केळे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 28.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “केळें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 181
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “केळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 782.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kadala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 136
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