साखळी

Konkani

Alternative forms

• सांखळी (sāṅkhḷī)

Etymology

From earlier सांखळी (sāṅkhḷī), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀆 (saṃkaliā) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-)), from Sanskrit शृङ्खल (śṛṅkhala, “chain”). Cognate with Marathi साखळी (sākhḷī), Ahirani साकयी (sākyī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑːkʰ.ɭ̆iː/
• Hyphenation: साख‧ळी

Noun

साखळी • (sākhḷī) (Latin script sankolli, Kannada script ಸಾಖಳೀ)

1. a chain

   गळ्यान साखळी सोन्याची, ही पोरी कोणाची?

   gaḷyān sākhḷī sonyācī, hī porī koṇācī?

   Whose girl is this, with a golden chain on her neck?

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śr̥ṅkhala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 730

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀆 (saṃkaliā) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-)), from Sanskrit शृङ्खल (śṛṅkhala). Cognate with Ahirani साकयी (sākyī), Konkani साखळी (sākhḷī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sakʰ.ɭ̆i/, [sakʰ.ɭ̆iː]
• Hyphenation: साख‧ळी

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Noun

साखळी • (sākhḷī) f

1. chain

   Synonym: शृंखला (śŕṅkhlā)

Declension

Declension of साखळी (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	साखळी sākhḷī
direct plural	साखळ्या sākhḷyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	साखळी sākhḷī		साखळ्या sākhḷyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	साखळी sākhḷī		साखळ्यां- sākhḷyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	साखळीला sākhḷīlā		साखळ्यांना sākhḷyānnā
ergative	साखळीने, साखळीनं sākhḷīne, sākhḷīna		साखळ्यांनी sākhḷyānnī
instrumental	साखळीशी sākhḷīśī		साखळ्यांशी sākhḷyānśī
locative सप्तमी	साखळीत sākhḷīt		साखळ्यांत sākhḷyāt
vocative संबोधन	साखळी sākhḷī		साखळ्यांनो sākhḷyānno
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 साखळी (fem ī-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	साखळीचा sākhḷīċā	साखळीचे sākhḷīċe	साखळीची sākhḷīcī	साखळीच्या sākhḷīcā	साखळीचे, साखळीचं sākhḷīċe, sākhḷīċa	साखळीची sākhḷīcī	साखळीच्या sākhḷīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	साखळ्यांचा sākhḷyānċā	साखळ्यांचे sākhḷyānċe	साखळ्यांची sākhḷyāñcī	साखळ्यांच्या sākhḷyāncā	साखळ्यांचे, साखळ्यांचं sākhḷyānċe, sākhḷyānċa	साखळ्यांची sākhḷyāñcī	साखळ्यांच्या sākhḷyāñcā
* 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

• अन्नसाखळी (annasākhḷī, “food chain”)
• पुरवठा साखळी (puravṭhā sākhḷī, “supply chain”)

 

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “साखळी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 156.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सांकळी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 839
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “सा(सां)खळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 3074.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śr̥ṅkhala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 730