मेण

Konkani

Etymology

From Sanskrit मदन (madana, “beeswax”). Cognate with Gujarati મીણ (mīṇ), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Telugu మైనము (mainamu).

Noun

मेण • (meṇ) (Latin script menn, Kannada script ಮೆಣ್)

wax

Marathi

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with Gujarati મીણ (mīṇ), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Telugu మైనము (mainamu).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /meɳ/

Noun

मेण • (meṇ) n

wax

Declension

Declension of Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) meṇ
direct plural	मेणे, मेणं meṇe, meṇa
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) meṇ	मेणे, मेणं meṇe, meṇa
oblique सामान्यरूप	मेणा meṇā	मेणां- meṇān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	मेणाला meṇālā	मेणांना meṇānnā
ergative	मेणाने, मेणानं meṇāne, meṇāna	मेणांनी meṇānnī
instrumental	मेणाशी meṇāśī	मेणांशी meṇānśī
locative सप्तमी	मेणात meṇāt	मेणांत meṇāt
vocative संबोधन	मेणा meṇā	मेणांनो meṇānno
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 Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (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	oblique सामान्यरूप
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	मेणाचा meṇāċā	मेणाचे meṇāċe	मेणाची meṇācī	मेणाच्या meṇācā	मेणाचे, मेणाचं meṇāċe, meṇāċa	मेणाची meṇācī	मेणाच्या meṇācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	मेणांचा meṇānċā	मेणांचे meṇānċe	मेणांची meṇāñcī	मेणांच्या meṇāncā	मेणांचे, मेणांचं meṇānċe, meṇānċa	मेणांची meṇāñcī	मेणांच्या meṇāñcā
^* 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.

Derived terms

मेणबत्ती (meṇbattī, “candle”)

References

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

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