खुर्ची

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كُرْسِيّ (kursiyy). Compare Gujarati ખુરશી (khurśī), Hindi कुरसी (kursī), Kannada ಕುರ್ಚಿ (kurci), Punjabi ਕੁਰਸੀ (kursī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰuɾ.t͡ɕi/, [kʰuɾ.t͡ɕiː]

Noun

खुर्ची • (khurcī) f

1. chair

Declension

Declension of खुर्ची (fem ī-stem)
direct singular	खुर्ची khurchī
direct plural	खुर्च्या khurchyā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	खुर्ची khurchī		खुर्च्या khurchyā
oblique सामान्यरूप	खुर्ची khurchī		खुर्च्यां- khurchyān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	खुर्चीला khurchīlā		खुर्च्यांना khurchyānnā
ergative	खुर्चीने, खुर्चीनं khurchīne, khurchīna		खुर्च्यांनी khurchyānnī
instrumental	खुर्चीशी khurchīśī		खुर्च्यांशी khurchyānśī
locative सप्तमी	खुर्चीत khurchīt		खुर्च्यांत khurchyāt
vocative संबोधन	खुर्ची khurchī		खुर्च्यांनो khurchyānno
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 खुर्ची (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	खुर्चीचा khurchīċā	खुर्चीचे khurchīċe	खुर्चीची khurchīcī	खुर्चीच्या khurchīcā	खुर्चीचे, खुर्चीचं khurchīċe, khurchīċa	खुर्चीची khurchīcī	खुर्चीच्या khurchīcā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	खुर्च्यांचा khurchyānċā	खुर्च्यांचे khurchyānċe	खुर्च्यांची khurchyāñcī	खुर्च्यांच्या khurchyāncā	खुर्च्यांचे, खुर्च्यांचं khurchyānċe, khurchyānċa	खुर्च्यांची khurchyāñcī	खुर्च्यांच्या khurchyāñcā
* 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.

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “खुर्ची”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “खुरची”, 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) “खुर्ची”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).