फुलपाखरू

Marathi

एक फुलपाखरू

Etymology

From फूल (phūl, “flower”) +‎ पाखरू (pākhrū, “bird”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰul.pakʰ.ɾu/, [pʰul.pakʰ.ɾuː]

Noun

फुलपाखरू • (phulpākhrū) n

1. butterfly

Declension

Declension of फुलपाखरू (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	फुलपाखर phulpākhar
direct plural	फुलपाखरे, फुलपाखरं phulpākhare, phulpākhra
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	फुलपाखर phulpākhar		फुलपाखरे, फुलपाखरं phulpākhare, phulpākhra
oblique सामान्यरूप	फुलपाखरा phulpākharā		फुलपाखरां- phulpākharān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	फुलपाखराला phulpākharālā		फुलपाखरांना phulpākharānnā
ergative	फुलपाखराने, फुलपाखरानं phulpākharāne, phulpākharāna		फुलपाखरांनी phulpākharānnī
instrumental	फुलपाखराशी phulpākharāśī		फुलपाखरांशी phulpākharānśī
locative सप्तमी	फुलपाखरात phulpākharāt		फुलपाखरांत phulpākharāt
vocative संबोधन	फुलपाखरा phulpākharā		फुलपाखरांनो phulpākharānno
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 फुलपाखरू (neut 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	फुलपाखराचा phulpākharāċā	फुलपाखराचे phulpākharāċe	फुलपाखराची phulpākharācī	फुलपाखराच्या phulpākharācā	फुलपाखराचे, फुलपाखराचं phulpākharāċe, phulpākharāċa	फुलपाखराची phulpākharācī	फुलपाखराच्या phulpākharācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	फुलपाखरांचा phulpākharānċā	फुलपाखरांचे phulpākharānċe	फुलपाखरांची phulpākharāñcī	फुलपाखरांच्या phulpākharāncā	फुलपाखरांचे, फुलपाखरांचं phulpākharānċe, phulpākharānċa	फुलपाखरांची phulpākharāñcī	फुलपाखरांच्या phulpākharāñcā
* 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

• Berntsen, Maxine, “फुलपाखरू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “फूलपांखरूं”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press