मुंबई

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Hindi

Hindi Wikipedia has an article on:

मुंबई

Alternative forms

मुम्बई (mumbaī)
(dated) बंबई (bambaī), बम्बई (bambaī)

Etymology

From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī).

Proper noun

मुंबई • (mumbaī) f (Urdu spelling ممبئی)

Mumbai, Bombay (a city in India)

References

“मुंबई”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Marathi

Marathi Wikipedia has an article on:

मुंबई

Etymology

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

Proper noun

मुंबई • (mumbaī) f

Mumbai (a city in India, summer capital of the state of Maharashtra)

References

Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुंबई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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