डोळा

Marathi

माणसाचा डोळा

Etymology

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Maharastri Prakrit 𑀟𑁄𑀮 (ḍola)

Marathi डोळा (ḍoḷā)

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀟𑁄𑀮 (ḍola, “eye”), from Sanskrit दोल (dola, “swinging”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖo.ɭ̆a/

Noun

डोळा • (ḍoḷā) m

1. (anatomy) eye

   Synonyms: नयन (nayan), नेत्र (netra) (literary)

Declension

Declension of डोळा (masc ā-stem)
direct singular	डोळा ḍoḷā
direct plural	डोळे ḍoḷe
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	डोळा ḍoḷā		डोळे ḍoḷe
oblique सामान्यरूप	डोळ्या ḍoḷyā		डोळ्यां- ḍoḷyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	डोळ्याला ḍoḷyālā		डोळ्यांना ḍoḷyānnā
ergative	डोळ्याने, डोळ्यानं ḍoḷyāne, ḍoḷyāna		डोळ्यांनी ḍoḷyānnī
instrumental	डोळ्याशी ḍoḷyāśī		डोळ्यांशी ḍoḷyānśī
locative सप्तमी	डोळ्यात ḍoḷyāt		डोळ्यांत ḍoḷyāt
vocative संबोधन	डोळ्या ḍoḷyā		डोळ्यांनो ḍoḷyānno
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 डोळा (masc ā-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	डोळ्याचा ḍoḷyāċā	डोळ्याचे ḍoḷyāċe	डोळ्याची ḍoḷyācī	डोळ्याच्या ḍoḷyācā	डोळ्याचे, डोळ्याचं ḍoḷyāċe, ḍoḷyāċa	डोळ्याची ḍoḷyācī	डोळ्याच्या ḍoḷyācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	डोळ्यांचा ḍoḷyānċā	डोळ्यांचे ḍoḷyānċe	डोळ्यांची ḍoḷyāñcī	डोळ्यांच्या ḍoḷyāncā	डोळ्यांचे, डोळ्यांचं ḍoḷyānċe, ḍoḷyānċa	डोळ्यांची ḍoḷyāñcī	डोळ्यांच्या ḍoḷyāñcā
* 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

• डोळस (ḍoḷas)
• डोळसपणे (ḍoḷsapṇe)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “डोळा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “डोळा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “डोळा”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dōla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press