निवांत

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi निवांत (nivāṃta, “quiet, windless”), derived from Sanskrit निर्वात (nirvāta, “windless”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ni.ʋan.t̪ə/

Adjective

निवांत • (nivānta)

1. calm, still

   रात्री वाळवंट भर निवांत पसरतो.

   rātrī vāḷvaṇṭa bhar nivānta pasarto.

   A calm spreads across the desert at night.

Adverb

निवांत • (nivānta)

1. calmly, quietly, soundly

   तो निवांत झोपला आहे. ― to nivānta jhoplā āhe. ― He is sleeping soundly.

Verb

निवांत • (nivānta)

1. relax

   तू निवांत हो, आपण काहीतरी मार्ग काढू.

   tū nivānta ho, āpaṇ kāhītrī mārga kāḍhū.

   Relax, we'll figure something out.

Noun

निवांत • (nivānta) n

1. (archaic) a windless place

Declension

Declension of निवांत (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	निवांत nivānta
direct plural	निवांते, निवांतं nivānte, nivānta
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	निवांत nivānta		निवांते, निवांतं nivānte, nivānta
oblique सामान्यरूप	निवांता nivāntā		निवांतां- nivāntān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	निवांताला nivāntālā		निवांतांना nivāntānnā
ergative	निवांताने, निवांतानं nivāntāne, nivāntāna		निवांतांनी nivāntānnī
instrumental	निवांताशी nivāntāśī		निवांतांशी nivāntānśī
locative सप्तमी	निवांतात nivāntāt		निवांतांत nivāntāt
vocative संबोधन	निवांता nivāntā		निवांतांनो nivāntānno
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 निवांत (neut 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	निवांताचा nivāntāċā	निवांताचे nivāntāċe	निवांताची nivāntācī	निवांताच्या nivāntācā	निवांताचे, निवांताचं nivāntāċe, nivāntāċa	निवांताची nivāntācī	निवांताच्या nivāntācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	निवांतांचा nivāntānċā	निवांतांचे nivāntānċe	निवांतांची nivāntāñcī	निवांतांच्या nivāntāncā	निवांतांचे, निवांतांचं nivāntānċe, nivāntānċa	निवांतांची nivāntāñcī	निवांतांच्या nivāntāñcā
* 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

• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “निवांत”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “निवांत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “निवांत”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.