वाहक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाहक (vāhaka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.ɦək/, [ʋäː.ɦɐk]

Noun

वाहक • (vāhak) m (Urdu spelling واہک)

1. porter, bearer, carrier

   Synonym: क़ुली (qulī)

Declension

Declension of वाहक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	वाहक vāhak	वाहक vāhak
oblique	वाहक vāhak	वाहकों vāhakõ
vocative	वाहक vāhak	वाहको vāhako

Adjective

वाहक • (vāhak) (indeclinable)

1. bearing, carrying

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वाहक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वाहक (vāhaka). Related with वहन (vahan, “conduction”), वाहन (vāhan, “vehicle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋa.ɦək/, [ʋʱaək]

Noun

वाहक • (vāhak) m (feminine वाहिका)

1. (sciences, physics) conductor
2. conductor (of a public transport vehicle)
3. carrier of luggage

   Synonym: ओझेवाला (ojhevālā)

Declension

Declension of वाहक (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	वाहक vāhak
direct plural	वाहक vāhak
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	वाहक vāhak		वाहक vāhak
oblique सामान्यरूप	वाहका vāhakā		वाहकां- vāhakān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	वाहकाला vāhakālā		वाहकांना vāhakānnā
ergative	वाहकाने, वाहकानं vāhakāne, vāhakāna		वाहकांनी vāhakānnī
instrumental	वाहकाशी vāhakāśī		वाहकांशी vāhakānśī
locative सप्तमी	वाहकात vāhakāt		वाहकांत vāhakāt
vocative संबोधन	वाहका vāhakā		वाहकांनो vāhakānno
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 वाहक (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	वाहकाचा vāhakāċā	वाहकाचे vāhakāċe	वाहकाची vāhakācī	वाहकाच्या vāhakācā	वाहकाचे, वाहकाचं vāhakāċe, vāhakāċa	वाहकाची vāhakācī	वाहकाच्या vāhakācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	वाहकांचा vāhakānċā	वाहकांचे vāhakānċe	वाहकांची vāhakāñcī	वाहकांच्या vāhakāncā	वाहकांचे, वाहकांचं vāhakānċe, vāhakānċa	वाहकांची vāhakāñcī	वाहकांच्या vāhakāñcā
* 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, “वाहक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.