कळशी

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘎𑘯𑘭 m (kaḷasa), 𑘎𑘯𑘭𑘲 f (kaḷasī), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑀲 m (kalasa), 𑀓𑀮𑀲𑀺𑀬𑀸 f (kalasiyā), from Sanskrit कलश m (kaláśa), कलशी f (kalaśī). Compare Konkani कळसो (kaḷso), Gujarati કળશ (kaḷśa), કળશો (kaḷśo), Hindustani کَلْسَا (kalsā) / कलसा (kalsā), Odia କଳସ (kôḷôsô), Bengali কলস (koloś), Assamese কলহ (koloh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəɭ̆.ɕi/, [kəɭ̆.ɕiː]

Noun

कळशी • (kaḷśī) f

1. kalasha (narrow-necked metal pot)

Declension

Declension of कळशी (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	कळशी kaḷśī
direct plural	कळश्या kaḷśyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	कळशी kaḷśī		कळश्या kaḷśyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	कळशी kaḷśī		कळश्यां- kaḷśyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	कळशीला kaḷśīlā		कळश्यांना kaḷśyānnā
ergative	कळशीने, कळशीनं kaḷśīne, kaḷśīna		कळश्यांनी kaḷśyānnī
instrumental	कळशीशी kaḷśīśī		कळश्यांशी kaḷśyānśī
locative सप्तमी	कळशीत kaḷśīt		कळश्यांत kaḷśyāt
vocative संबोधन	कळशी kaḷśī		कळश्यांनो kaḷśyānno
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 कळशी (fem ī-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	कळशीचा kaḷśīċā	कळशीचे kaḷśīċe	कळशीची kaḷśīcī	कळशीच्या kaḷśīcā	कळशीचे, कळशीचं kaḷśīċe, kaḷśīċa	कळशीची kaḷśīcī	कळशीच्या kaḷśīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	कळश्यांचा kaḷśyānċā	कळश्यांचे kaḷśyānċe	कळश्यांची kaḷśyāñcī	कळश्यांच्या kaḷśyāncā	कळश्यांचे, कळश्यांचं kaḷśyānċe, kaḷśyānċa	कळश्यांची kaḷśyāñcī	कळश्यांच्या kaḷśyāñcā
* 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.

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “कळशी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कळशी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कळशी-सी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaláśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press