मार्ग

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of माँग (māṅg).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːɾɡ/, [mäːɾɡ]

Noun[edit]

मार्ग (mārgm (Urdu spelling مارگ‎)

  1. path, road, route
    यह मार्ग नदी तक जाता है।yah mārg nadī tak jātā hai.This path leads to the river.
  2. way
    गाँव के मार्ग पर, कुछ फल ख़रीदो।
    gā̃v ke mārg par, kuch phal xarīdo.
    On the way to the village, buy some fruit.

Declension[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • English: marg

Further reading[edit]

Marathi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

मार्ग (mārgam

  1. path, road, route
  2. way (in street names)

Declension[edit]

Declension of मार्ग (mārga)
direct
singular
मार्ग
mārga
direct
plural
मार्ग
mārga
singular plural
nominative मार्ग
mārga
मार्ग
mārga
oblique मार्गा-
mārgā-
मार्गां-
mārgāN-
dative मार्गाला
mārgālā
मार्गांना
mārgāNnā
ergative मार्गाने
mārgāne
मार्गांनी
mārgāNni
instrumental मार्गाशी
mārgāśi
मार्गांशी
mārgāNśi
locative मार्गात
mārgāt
मार्गांत
mārgāNt
vocative मार्गा
mārgā
मार्गांनो
mārgāNno
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 मार्ग
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject मार्गाचा
mārgāċā
मार्गाचे
mārgāce
मार्गाची
mārgāci
मार्गाच्या
mārgāca
मार्गाचे, मार्गाचं
mārgāce, mārgāċa
मार्गाची
mārgāci
मार्गाच्या
mārgāca
plural subject मार्गांचा
mārgāNċā
मार्गांचे
mārgāNce
मार्गांची
mārgāNci
मार्गांच्या
mārgāNca
मार्गांचे, मार्गांचं
mārgāNce, mārgāNċa
मार्गांची
mārgāNci
मार्गांच्या
mārgāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Synonyms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “मार्ग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मार्ग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

मार्ग (mārga)

  1. street, road (in street names)
  2. path, way

Proper noun[edit]

मार्ग (mārga)

  1. Margashirsha
    1. the eighth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
    2. the ninth month in the lunar Hindu calendar
    Synonym: मङ्सिर (maṅsir)

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • मार्ग”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (Nepālī Br̥hat Śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Sanskrit[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Vṛddhi derivative of मृग (mṛga, game animal; deer).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

मार्ग (mārga)

  1. belonging to, or coming from, wild game (such as deer)

Noun[edit]

मार्ग (mārgam

  1. way, road, route, path
  2. track of a wild animal
  3. reach, range
  4. way, manner, method, custom, usage
  5. mark, scar
  6. ground for litigation

Declension[edit]

Masculine a-stem declension of मार्ग (mārga)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मार्गः
mārgaḥ
मार्गौ
mārgau
मार्गाः / मार्गासः¹
mārgāḥ / mārgāsaḥ¹
Vocative मार्ग
mārga
मार्गौ
mārgau
मार्गाः / मार्गासः¹
mārgāḥ / mārgāsaḥ¹
Accusative मार्गम्
mārgam
मार्गौ
mārgau
मार्गान्
mārgān
Instrumental मार्गेण
mārgeṇa
मार्गाभ्याम्
mārgābhyām
मार्गैः / मार्गेभिः¹
mārgaiḥ / mārgebhiḥ¹
Dative मार्गाय
mārgāya
मार्गाभ्याम्
mārgābhyām
मार्गेभ्यः
mārgebhyaḥ
Ablative मार्गात्
mārgāt
मार्गाभ्याम्
mārgābhyām
मार्गेभ्यः
mārgebhyaḥ
Genitive मार्गस्य
mārgasya
मार्गयोः
mārgayoḥ
मार्गाणाम्
mārgāṇām
Locative मार्गे
mārge
मार्गयोः
mārgayoḥ
मार्गेषु
mārgeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

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