गूळ

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गुल (gula). Compare Hindi गुड़ (guṛ). Related to गोड (goḍ, “sweet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuɭ̆/, [ɡuːɭ̆]

Noun

गूळ • (gūḷ) m

1. jaggery, course sugar

Declension

Declension of गूळ (masc cons-stem)
direct singular	गुळ guḷ
direct plural	गुळ guḷ
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	गुळ guḷ		गुळ guḷ
oblique सामान्यरूप	गुळा guḷā		गुळां- guḷān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	गुळाला guḷālā		गुळांना guḷānnā
ergative	गुळाने, गुळानं guḷāne, guḷāna		गुळांनी guḷānnī
instrumental	गुळाशी guḷāśī		गुळांशी guḷānśī
locative सप्तमी	गुळात guḷāt		गुळांत guḷāt
vocative संबोधन	गुळा guḷā		गुळांनो guḷānno
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 गूळ (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	गुळाचा guḷāċā	गुळाचे guḷāċe	गुळाची guḷācī	गुळाच्या guḷācā	गुळाचे, गुळाचं guḷāċe, guḷāċa	गुळाची guḷācī	गुळाच्या guḷācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	गुळांचा guḷānċā	गुळांचे guḷānċe	गुळांची guḷāñcī	गुळांच्या guḷāncā	गुळांचे, गुळांचं guḷānċe, guḷānċa	गुळांची guḷāñcī	गुळांच्या guḷāñcā
* 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, “गूळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गूळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “guḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press