मार्ग

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of माँग (māṅg).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mɑːɾɡ/, [mäːɾɡ]

Noun

मार्ग • (mārg) m (Urdu spelling مارگ)

  1. path, road, route
    यह मार्ग नदी तक जाता है।yah mārg nadī tak jātā hai.This path leads to the river.
  2. way
    गाँव के मार्ग पर, कुछ फल ख़रीदो।
    gā̃v ke mārg par, kuch phal xarīdo.
    On the way to the village, buy some fruit.

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: marg

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Doublet of माग (māg).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɾ.ɡə/
  • Hyphenation: मार्‧ग, मार्ग
  • Rhymes:

Noun

मार्ग • (mārga) m

  1. path, road, route
  2. way (in street names)

Declension

Declension of मार्ग (masc cons-stem)
direct
singular
मार्ग
mārga
direct
plural
मार्ग
mārga
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
मार्ग
mārga
मार्ग
mārga
oblique
सामान्यरूप
मार्गा
mārgā
मार्गां-
mārgān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
मार्गाला
mārgālā
मार्गांना
mārgānnā
ergative मार्गाने, मार्गानं
mārgāne, mārgāna
मार्गांनी
mārgānnī
instrumental मार्गाशी
mārgāśī
मार्गांशी
mārgānśī
locative
सप्तमी
मार्गात
mārgāt
मार्गांत
mārgāt
vocative
संबोधन
मार्गा
mārgā
मार्गांनो
mārgānno
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 मार्ग (masc 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
मार्गाचा
mārgāċā
मार्गाचे
mārgāċe
मार्गाची
mārgācī
मार्गाच्या
mārgācā
मार्गाचे, मार्गाचं
mārgāċe, mārgāċa
मार्गाची
mārgācī
मार्गाच्या
mārgācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
मार्गांचा
mārgānċā
मार्गांचे
mārgānċe
मार्गांची
mārgāñcī
मार्गांच्या
mārgāncā
मार्गांचे, मार्गांचं
mārgānċe, mārgānċa
मार्गांची
mārgāñcī
मार्गांच्या
mārgāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Synonyms

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “मार्ग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मार्ग”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

Nepali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga).

Pronunciation

Noun

मार्ग • (mārga)

  1. street, road (in street names)
  2. path, way

Proper noun

मार्ग • (mārga)

  1. Margashirsha
    1. the eighth month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
    2. the ninth month in the lunar Hindu calendar
    Synonym: मङ्सिर (maṅsira)

Further reading

  • मार्ग”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Vṛddhi derivative of मृग (mṛga, game animal; deer).

Pronunciation

Adjective

मार्ग • (mārga)

  1. belonging to, or coming from, wild game (such as deer)

Noun

मार्ग • (mārga) stem, m

  1. way, road, route, path
  2. track of a wild animal
  3. reach, range
  4. way, manner, method, custom, usage
  5. mark, scar
  6. ground for litigation

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मार्ग (mārga)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative मार्गः
mārgaḥ
मार्गौ / मार्गा¹
mārgau / mārgā¹
मार्गाः / मार्गासः¹
mārgāḥ / mārgāsaḥ¹
Vocative मार्ग
mārga
मार्गौ / मार्गा¹
mārgau / mārgā¹
मार्गाः / मार्गासः¹
mārgāḥ / mārgāsaḥ¹
Accusative मार्गम्
mārgam
मार्गौ / मार्गा¹
mārgau / mārgā¹
मार्गान्
mārgān
Instrumental मार्गेण
mārgeṇa
मार्गाभ्याम्
mārgābhyām
मार्गैः / मार्गेभिः¹
mārgaiḥ / mārgebhiḥ¹
Dative मार्गाय
mārgāya
मार्गाभ्याम्
mārgābhyām
मार्गेभ्यः
mārgebhyaḥ
Ablative मार्गात्
mārgāt
मार्गाभ्याम्
mārgābhyām
मार्गेभ्यः
mārgebhyaḥ
Genitive मार्गस्य
mārgasya
मार्गयोः
mārgayoḥ
मार्गाणाम्
mārgāṇām
Locative मार्गे
mārge
मार्गयोः
mārgayoḥ
मार्गेषु
mārgeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “मार्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 812/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 350-1
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