मुंबई

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Marathi मुंबई (mumbaī).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /mʊm.bə.iː/, [mʊ̃m.bɐ.iː]

Proper noun

मुंबई • (mumbaī) f (Urdu spelling مُمْبَئِی)

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

Declension

Further reading

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

Marathi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mum.bəi/, [mum.bəiː]
  • (file)

Proper noun

मुंबई • (mumbaī) f

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

Declension

Declension of मुंबई
direct
singular
मुंबई
mumbaī
direct
plural
{{{ dir_pl }}}
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
मुंबई
mumbaī
{{{ dir_pl }}}
oblique
सामान्यरूप
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ं-
n-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ला
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंना
nnā
ergative {{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ने, {{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}नं
ne, na
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंनी
nnī
instrumental {{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}शी
śī
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंशी
nśī
locative
सप्तमी
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}
t
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंत
t
vocative
संबोधन
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंनो
nno
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 मुंबई
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
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चा
ċā
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चे
ċe
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ची
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}च्या
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चे, {{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}चं
ċe, ċa
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}ची
{{{sg_stem}}}{{{sg_obl}}}च्या
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचा
nċā
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचे
nċe
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंची
ñcī
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंच्या
ncā
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचे, {{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंचं
nċe, nċa
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंची
ñcī
{{{pl_stem}}}{{{pl_obl}}}ंच्या
ñcā
* 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.

Derived terms

  • मुंबईकर (mumbaīkar)
  • मुंबईदर्शन (mumbaīdarśan)
  • बृहन्मुंबई (bŕhanmumbaī)
  • नवी मुंबई (navī mumbaī)

Descendants

Further reading

  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “मुंबई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 659
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “मुंबई”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 2506.
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