सर्वनाम

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit सर्वनामन् (sarvanāman).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səɾʋ.nɑːm/, [sɐɾʋ.nä̃ːm]
• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /səɾ.ʋə.nɑːm/, [sɐɾ.ʋɐ.nä̃ːm]

Noun

सर्वनाम • (sarvnām or sarvanām) m (Urdu spelling سرونام)

1. (grammar) pronoun

Declension

Declension of सर्वनाम (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सर्वनाम sarvnām, sarvanām	सर्वनाम sarvnām, sarvanām
oblique	सर्वनाम sarvnām, sarvanām	सर्वनामों sarvnāmõ, sarvanāmõ
vocative	सर्वनाम sarvnām, sarvanām	सर्वनामो sarvnāmo, sarvanāmo

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Konkani

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सर्वनामन् (sarvanāman).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [səɾʋənɑːm]

Noun

सर्वनाम • (sarvanām) (Latin script sorvonam, Kannada script ಸರ್ವನಾಮ್)

1. (grammar) pronoun

References

• Pushpak Bhattacharyya (2017) IndoWordNet‎^[1]

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सर्वनामन् (sarvanāman).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səɾ.ʋə.nam/

Noun

सर्वनाम • (sarvanām) n

1. (grammar) pronoun

Declension

Declension of सर्वनाम (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	सर्वनाम sarvanām
direct plural	सर्वनामे, सर्वनामं sarvanāme, sarvanāma
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	सर्वनाम sarvanām		सर्वनामे, सर्वनामं sarvanāme, sarvanāma
oblique सामान्यरूप	सर्वनामा sarvanāmā		सर्वनामां- sarvanāmān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	सर्वनामाला sarvanāmālā		सर्वनामांना sarvanāmānnā
ergative	सर्वनामाने, सर्वनामानं sarvanāmāne, sarvanāmāna		सर्वनामांनी sarvanāmānnī
instrumental	सर्वनामाशी sarvanāmāśī		सर्वनामांशी sarvanāmānśī
locative सप्तमी	सर्वनामात sarvanāmāt		सर्वनामांत sarvanāmāt
vocative संबोधन	सर्वनामा sarvanāmā		सर्वनामांनो sarvanāmānno
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 सर्वनाम (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	सर्वनामाचा sarvanāmāċā	सर्वनामाचे sarvanāmāċe	सर्वनामाची sarvanāmācī	सर्वनामाच्या sarvanāmācā	सर्वनामाचे, सर्वनामाचं sarvanāmāċe, sarvanāmāċa	सर्वनामाची sarvanāmācī	सर्वनामाच्या sarvanāmācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	सर्वनामांचा sarvanāmānċā	सर्वनामांचे sarvanāmānċe	सर्वनामांची sarvanāmāñcī	सर्वनामांच्या sarvanāmāncā	सर्वनामांचे, सर्वनामांचं sarvanāmānċe, sarvanāmānċa	सर्वनामांची sarvanāmāñcī	सर्वनामांच्या sarvanāmāñcā
* 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.

See also

• नाम (nām, “noun”)
• विशेषण (viśeṣaṇ, “adjective”)
• क्रियापद (kriyāpad, “verb”)
• क्रियाविशेषण (kriyāviśeṣaṇ, “adverb”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “सर्वनाम”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सर्वनाम”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “सर्वनाम”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press