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मुंबई

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Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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मुंबई • (mumbaī) f (Urdu spelling مُمْبَئِی)

  1. Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay)

Declension

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Declension of मुंबई (sg-only fem ind ī-stem)
singular
direct मुंबई
mumbaī
oblique मुंबई
mumbaī
vocative मुंबई
mumbaī

Further reading

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  • “[1]”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.

Marathi

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Etymology

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From मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba”, the local mother goddess) +‎ आई (āī, “mother”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mum.bəi/, [mum.bəiː]
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Proper noun

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मुंबई • (mumbaī) f

  1. Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay)

Declension

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Declension of मुंबई (mumbaī)
direct
singular 		मुंबई
mumbaī
direct
plural 		मुंबई
mumbaī
singular
एकवचन 		plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा 		मुंबई
mumbaī 		मुंबई
mumbaī
oblique
सामान्यरूप 		मुंबई
mumbaī 		मुंबईं-
mumbaīn-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी 		मुंबईला
mumbaīlā 		मुंबईंना
mumbaīnnā
ergative मुंबईने, मुंबईनं
mumbaīne, mumbaīna 		मुंबईंनी
mumbaīnnī
instrumental मुंबईशी
mumbaīśī 		मुंबईंशी
mumbaīnśī
locative
सप्तमी 		मुंबईत
mumbaīt 		मुंबईंत
mumbaīt
vocative
संबोधन 		मुंबई
mumbaī 		मुंबईंनो
mumbaīnno
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 मुंबई (mumbaī)
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 		मुंबईचा
mumbaīċā 		मुंबईचे
mumbaīċe 		मुंबईची
mumbaīcī 		मुंबईच्या
mumbaīcā 		मुंबईचे, मुंबईचं
mumbaīċe, mumbaīċa 		मुंबईची
mumbaīcī 		मुंबईच्या
mumbaīcā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता 		मुंबईंचा
mumbaīnċā 		मुंबईंचे
mumbaīnċe 		मुंबईंची
mumbaīñcī 		मुंबईंच्या
mumbaīncā 		मुंबईंचे, मुंबईंचं
mumbaīnċe, mumbaīnċa 		मुंबईंची
mumbaīñcī 		मुंबईंच्या
mumbaīñcā
* 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

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Descendants

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Terms borrowed from मुंबई (mumbaī)

Further reading

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  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “मुंबई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 659
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “मुंबई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2506
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