राणी
Marathi
    
    Etymology
    
Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘲 (rāṇī), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀻 (rāṇī), from Sanskrit राज्ञी (rā́jñī). Doublet of राज्ञी (rājñī). Cognate with Gujarati રાણી (rāṇī), Hindi रानी (rānī).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɾa.ɳi/, [ɾa.ɳiː]
 - Hyphenation: रा‧णी
 
Declension
    
| Declension of राणी (fem ī-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular  | 
राणी rāṇī  | ||
| direct plural  | 
राण्या rāṇyā  | ||
| singular एकवचन  | 
plural अनेकवचन  | ||
| nominative प्रथमा  | 
राणी rāṇī  | 
राण्या rāṇyā  | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप  | 
राणी rāṇī  | 
राण्यां- rāṇyān-  | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी  | 
राणीला rāṇīlā  | 
राण्यांना rāṇyānnā  | |
| ergative | राणीने, राणीनं rāṇīne, rāṇīna  | 
राण्यांनी rāṇyānnī  | |
| instrumental | राणीशी rāṇīśī  | 
राण्यांशी rāṇyānśī  | |
| locative सप्तमी  | 
राणीत rāṇīt  | 
राण्यांत rāṇyāt  | |
| vocative संबोधन  | 
राणी rāṇī  | 
राण्यांनो rāṇyānno  | |
| 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 राणी (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  | 
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| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता  | 
राणीचा rāṇīċā  | 
राणीचे rāṇīċe  | 
राणीची rāṇīcī  | 
राणीच्या rāṇīcā  | 
राणीचे, राणीचं rāṇīċe, rāṇīċa  | 
राणीची rāṇīcī  | 
राणीच्या rāṇīcā  | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता  | 
राण्यांचा rāṇyānċā  | 
राण्यांचे rāṇyānċe  | 
राण्यांची rāṇyāñcī  | 
राण्यांच्या rāṇyāncā  | 
राण्यांचे, राण्यांचं rāṇyānċe, rāṇyānċa  | 
राण्यांची rāṇyāñcī  | 
राण्यांच्या rāṇyāñcā  | |
| * 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.  | ||||||||
See also
    
| Chess pieces in Marathi · बुद्धिबळातील सोंगट्या (buddhibḷātīl soṅgaṭyā) (layout · text) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| राजा (rājā) | वजीर (vajīr), राणी (rāṇī), मंत्री (mantrī)  | 
हत्ती (hattī) | उंट (uṇṭa) | घोडा (ghoḍā) | प्यादे (pyāde) | 
Further reading
    
- Berntsen, Maxine, “राणी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 126.
 - Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “राणी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 691
 - दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “राणा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 691.
 - Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rāˊjñī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
 
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