अभिनेत्री

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिनेत्री (abhinetrī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɪ.neːt̪.ɾiː/, [ə.bʱɪ.n̪eːt̪.ɾiː]

Noun

अभिनेत्री • (abhinetrī) f (masculine अभिनेता)

1. actress

   Synonym: एक्ट्रेस (ekṭres)

Declension

Declension of अभिनेत्री (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī	अभिनेत्रियाँ abhinetriyā̃
oblique	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī	अभिनेत्रियों abhinetriyõ
vocative	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī	अभिनेत्रियो abhinetriyo

Related terms

• अभिनय (abhinay, “acting”)

References

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

Marathi

Etymology

From Sanskrit अभिनेत्री (abhinetrī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.bʱi.net̪.ɾi/, [ə.bʱi.net̪.ɾiː]

Noun

अभिनेत्री • (abhinetrī) f

1. (film) an actress

   Synonym: नटी (naṭī)

   मला एक अभिनेत्री बनायचे आहे.

   malā ek abhinetrī banāyce āhe.

   I want to be an actress.

Declension

Declension of अभिनेत्री (abhinetrī)
direct singular	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī
direct plural	अभिनेत्र्या abhinetryā
	singular		plural
nominative	अभिनेत्री abhinetrī		अभिनेत्र्या abhinetryā
oblique	अभिनेत्री- abhinetri-		अभिनेत्र्यां- abhinetryāN-
dative	अभिनेत्रीला abhinetrilā		अभिनेत्र्यांना abhinetryāNnā
ergative	अभिनेत्रीने abhinetrine		अभिनेत्र्यांनी abhinetryāNni
instrumental	अभिनेत्रीशी abhinetriśi		अभिनेत्र्यांशी abhinetryāNśi
locative	अभिनेत्रीत abhinetrit		अभिनेत्र्यांत abhinetryāNt
vocative	अभिनेत्री abhinetri		अभिनेत्र्यांनो abhinetryāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अभिनेत्री
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular*	plural
singular subject	अभिनेत्रीचा abhinetriċā	अभिनेत्रीचे abhinetrice	अभिनेत्रीची abhinetrici	अभिनेत्रीच्या abhinetrica	अभिनेत्रीचे, अभिनेत्रीचं abhinetrice, abhinetriċa	अभिनेत्रीची abhinetrici	अभिनेत्रीच्या abhinetrica
plural subject	अभिनेत्र्यांचा abhinetryāNċā	अभिनेत्र्यांचे abhinetryāNce	अभिनेत्र्यांची abhinetryāNci	अभिनेत्र्यांच्या abhinetryāNca	अभिनेत्र्यांचे, अभिनेत्र्यांचं abhinetryāNce, abhinetryāNċa	अभिनेत्र्यांची abhinetryāNci	अभिनेत्र्यांच्या abhinetryāNca
* 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.

See also

• अभिनय (abhinay, “acting”)
• अभिनेता (abhinetā, “actor”)
• दिग्दर्शक (digdarśak, “director”)
• दिग्दर्शन (digdarśan, “direction”)
• नट (naṭ, “actor”)
• निर्माता (nirmātā, “producer”)
• निर्मिती (nirmitī, “production”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “अभिनेत्री”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “अभिनेत्री”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), “अभिनेत्री”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press