गुलाब

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گلاب (gulâb), compound of گل (gul, rose) + آب (âb, water). By surface analysis, गुल (gul, flower) + आब (āb, water).

Compare Punjabi ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb) / گُلاب (gulāb), Sindhi گُلابُ / गुलाबु, Gujarati ગુલાબ (gulāb), Marathi गुलाब (gulāb), Konkani गुलाब (gulāb), Odia ଗୋଲାପ (golapô), Bengali গোলাপ (gōlap), Assamese গোলাপ (gülap).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ɡʊ.lɑːb/, [ɡʊ.läːb]

Noun

गुलाब • (gulāb) m (Urdu spelling گُلَاب)

  1. (flower) rose
  2. (uncommon) rosewater

Declension

Derived terms

References

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گلاب (gulâb), compound of گل (gul, rose) + آب (âb, water).

Compare Konkani गुलाब (gulāb), Gujarati ગુલાબ (gulāb), Hindustani گُلَاب (gulāb) / गुलाब (gulāb), Sindhi گُلابُ / गुलाबु, Punjabi ਗੁਲਾਬ (gulāb) / گُلاب (gulāb), Odia ଗୋଲାପ (golapô), Bengali গোলাপ (gōlap), Assamese গোলাপ (gülap).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡu.lab/

Noun

गुलाब • (gulāb) m

  1. rose

Declension

Declension of गुलाब (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
गुलाब
gulāb
direct
plural
गुलाब
gulāb
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
गुलाब
gulāb
गुलाब
gulāb
oblique
सामान्यरूप
गुलाबा
gulābā
गुलाबां-
gulābān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
गुलाबाला
gulābālā
गुलाबांना
gulābānnā
ergative गुलाबाने, गुलाबानं
gulābāne, gulābāna
गुलाबांनी
gulābānnī
instrumental गुलाबाशी
gulābāśī
गुलाबांशी
gulābānśī
locative
सप्तमी
गुलाबात
gulābāt
गुलाबांत
gulābāt
vocative
संबोधन
गुलाबा
gulābā
गुलाबांनो
gulābānno
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 गुलाब (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
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
गुलाबाचा
gulābāċā
गुलाबाचे
gulābāċe
गुलाबाची
gulābācī
गुलाबाच्या
gulābācā
गुलाबाचे, गुलाबाचं
gulābāċe, gulābāċa
गुलाबाची
gulābācī
गुलाबाच्या
gulābācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
गुलाबांचा
gulābānċā
गुलाबांचे
gulābānċe
गुलाबांची
gulābāñcī
गुलाबांच्या
gulābāncā
गुलाबांचे, गुलाबांचं
gulābānċe, gulābānċa
गुलाबांची
gulābāñcī
गुलाबांच्या
gulābāñcā
* 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.

Derived terms

  • गुलाबजाम (gulābjām)
  • गुलाबपाणी (gulābpāṇī, rose-water)
  • गुलाबी (gulābī, pink)

See also

  • गुलाबाचे फूल (gulābāċe phūl, the flower of rose)

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “गुलाब”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गुलाब”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गुलाब”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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