Mumbai

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʊmˈbaɪ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ

Proper noun

Mumbai

2. A megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India, also known as Bombay.
   • 2007 December 5, Randeep Ramesh, “Speed limits rise as India falls in love with the car”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     The £4bn expressways form a diamond linking Delhi with the country's three other largest cities, Mumbai, Chennai and Calcutta, marking the beginning of more than £35bn of road projects.

Synonyms

• Bombay

Derived terms

• Mumbai City
• Mumbai Suburban
• Navi Mumbai

Translations

state capital of Maharashtra — see also Bombay

• Afrikaans: Moembaai
• Arabic: مُومْبَاي f (mūmbāy)
• Armenian: Մումբայ (Mumbay)
• Assamese: মুম্বাই (mumbai)
• Awadhi: मुम्बई (mumbaī)
• Bengali: মুম্বাই (bn) (mumbai)
• Bihari: मुंबई
• Bulgarian: Мумба́й m (Mumbáj)
• Burmese: မွမ်ဘိုင်း (mwambhuing:)
• Catalan: Bombai
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 孟買 / 孟买 (zh) (Mèngmǎi)

• Czech: Bombaj (cs) f
• Dhivehi: މުންބާ (mun̊bā)
• Doteli: मुम्बई (mumbaī)
• Dzongkha: please add this translation if you can
• Esperanto: Mumbajo, Bombajo
• Farefare: Mumbai
• Finnish: Mumbai
• French: Bombay (fr) f
• Georgian: მუმბაი (mumbai)
• German: Mumbai (de) n
• Greek: Βομβάη (el) (Vomvái)
• Gujarati: મુંબઈ (gu) (mumbaī)
• Hebrew: מומבאי (mumbai)
• Hindi: मुंबई f (mumbaī), मुम्बई (hi) f (mumbaī), बम्बई (hi) f (bambaī), बंबई f (bambaī)
• Hungarian: Mumbai (hu), Bombay (hu)
• Japanese: ムンバイ (Munbai)
• Kannada: ಮುಂಬೈ (kn) (mumbai), ಮುಂಬಯಿ (mumbayi)
• Kashmiri: بَمبَے (bambay)
• Khmer: បុមបៃ (bombay)
• Korean: 뭄바이 (Mumbai)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مومبای (mumbay)

• Lao: ມຸມໄບ (mum bai)
• Latvian: Mumbaja
• Lithuanian: Mumbajus
• Maithili: मुम्बई (mumbaī)
• Malayalam: മുംബൈ (mumbai)
• Marathi: मुंबई f (mumbaī)
• Nepali: मुम्बई (mumbaī)
• Odia: ମୁମ୍ବାଇ (mumbāi)
• Persian:

  Dari: مُمبَی (mumbay)

  Iranian Persian: بمبئی (fa) (bomba'i)

• Polish: Bombaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: Bombaim
• Punjabi: ਮੁੰਬਈ (pa) (mumbaī)
• Romanian: Mumbay
• Russian: Мумба́и (ru) m (Mumbái), Бомбе́й (ru) m (Bombéj)
• Sanskrit: बम्बई (bambaī)
• Santali: ᱢᱩᱢᱵᱟᱭ (sat) (mumbay)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Мумбај m, Бомбај m

  Latin: Mumbaj m, Bombaj m

• Sinhalese: මුම්බායි (mumbāyi)
• Slovak: Bombaj f
• Slovene: Mumbaj m
• Spanish: Bombay (es) m
• Swedish: Bombay (sv), Mumbai n
• Tamil: மும்பை (ta) (mumpai)
• Telugu: ముంబై (mumbai)
• Thai: มุมไบ (mum-bai)
• Tibetan: འབོམ་སྦེ ('bom sbe)
• Tulu: ಮುಂಬೈ (mumbai)
• Ukrainian: Мумба́й (Mumbáj)
• Urdu: ممبئی (mumbaī), بمبئی (bambaī)
• Uyghur: بومباي (bombay)
• Vietnamese: Mumbai, Mạnh Mãi (dated)
• Yiddish: מומבײַ (mumbay)

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī).

Proper noun

Mumbai f

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmumbɑi̯/, [ˈmumbɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -umbɑi
• Syllabification^(key): Mum‧bai
• Hyphenation^(key): Mum‧bai

Proper noun

Mumbai

1. Mumbai (a megacity, the capital of Maharashtra, India)

Declension

Inflection of Mumbai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		Mumbai	—
genitive		Mumbain	—
partitive		Mumbaita	—
illative		Mumbaihin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Mumbai	—
accusative	nom.	Mumbai	—
	gen.	Mumbain
genitive		Mumbain	—
partitive		Mumbaita	—
inessive		Mumbaissa	—
elative		Mumbaista	—
illative		Mumbaihin	—
adessive		Mumbailla	—
ablative		Mumbailta	—
allative		Mumbaille	—
essive		Mumbaina	—
translative		Mumbaiksi	—
abessive		Mumbaitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Mumbai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Mumbaini — accusative nom. Mumbaini — gen. Mumbaini genitive Mumbaini — partitive Mumbaitani — inessive Mumbaissani — elative Mumbaistani — illative Mumbaihini — adessive Mumbaillani — ablative Mumbailtani — allative Mumbailleni — essive Mumbainani — translative Mumbaikseni — abessive Mumbaittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Mumbaisi — accusative nom. Mumbaisi — gen. Mumbaisi genitive Mumbaisi — partitive Mumbaitasi — inessive Mumbaissasi — elative Mumbaistasi — illative Mumbaihisi — adessive Mumbaillasi — ablative Mumbailtasi — allative Mumbaillesi — essive Mumbainasi — translative Mumbaiksesi — abessive Mumbaittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Mumbaimme — accusative nom. Mumbaimme — gen. Mumbaimme genitive Mumbaimme — partitive Mumbaitamme — inessive Mumbaissamme — elative Mumbaistamme — illative Mumbaihimme — adessive Mumbaillamme — ablative Mumbailtamme — allative Mumbaillemme — essive Mumbainamme — translative Mumbaiksemme — abessive Mumbaittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Mumbainne — accusative nom. Mumbainne — gen. Mumbainne genitive Mumbainne — partitive Mumbaitanne — inessive Mumbaissanne — elative Mumbaistanne — illative Mumbaihinne — adessive Mumbaillanne — ablative Mumbailtanne — allative Mumbaillenne — essive Mumbainanne — translative Mumbaiksenne — abessive Mumbaittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Mumbainsa — accusative nom. Mumbainsa — gen. Mumbainsa genitive Mumbainsa — partitive Mumbaitaan Mumbaitansa — inessive Mumbaissaan Mumbaissansa — elative Mumbaistaan Mumbaistansa — illative Mumbaihinsa — adessive Mumbaillaan Mumbaillansa — ablative Mumbailtaan Mumbailtansa — allative Mumbailleen Mumbaillensa — essive Mumbainaan Mumbainansa — translative Mumbaikseen Mumbaiksensa — abessive Mumbaittaan Mumbaittansa — instructive — — comitative — —