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).