डाग

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian داغ (dāğ). First attested as Old Marathi 𑘚𑘰𑘐 (ḍāga). Compare Gujarati ડાઘો (ḍāgho), Hindustani داغ (dāġ) / दाग़ (dāġ), Sindhi داغُ / दागु, Punjabi ਦਾਗ਼ (dāġ) / داغ (dāġ), Maithili दाग (dāg) / 𑒠𑒰𑒑 (dāga), Bengali দাগ (dag), Assamese দাগ (dag).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɖaɡ/

Noun

डाग • (ḍāg) m

  1. spot, stain, blot
    हा डाग कधीच जाणार नाही.
    hā ḍāg kadhīc jāṇār nāhī.
    This stain will never go away.
  2. slur, stigma

Declension
Declension of डाग (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular		 डाग
dāg
direct
plural		 डाग
dāg
singular
एकवचन		 plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा		 डाग
dāg		 डाग
dāg
oblique
सामान्यरूप		 डागा
dāgā		 डागां-
dāgān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी		 डागाला
dāgālā		 डागांना
dāgānnā
ergative डागाने, डागानं
dāgāne, dāgāna		 डागांनी
dāgānnī
instrumental डागाशी
dāgāśī		 डागांशी
dāgānśī
locative
सप्तमी		 डागात
dāgāt		 डागांत
dāgāt
vocative
संबोधन		 डागा
dāgā		 डागांनो
dāgānno
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 डाग (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		 डागाचा
dāgāċā		 डागाचे
dāgāċe		 डागाची
dāgācī		 डागाच्या
dāgācā		 डागाचे, डागाचं
dāgāċe, dāgāċa		 डागाची
dāgācī		 डागाच्या
dāgācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता		 डागांचा
dāgānċā		 डागांचे
dāgānċe		 डागांची
dāgāñcī		 डागांच्या
dāgāncā		 डागांचे, डागांचं
dāgānċe, dāgānċa		 डागांची
dāgāñcī		 डागांच्या
dāgāñcā
* 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
  • डागणे (ḍāgṇe, “to brand”)

Further reading
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “डाग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “डाग”, 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) “डाग”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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