अफू

Marathi

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (afyun), ultimately from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Compare Gujarati અફીણ (aphīṇ), Hindi अफ़ीम (afīm).

अफू • (aphū) f

Declension of अफू (aphū)
direct singular	अफू aphū
direct plural	अफू aphu
	singular	plural
nominative	अफू aphū	अफू aphu
oblique	अफू- aphu-	अफूं- aphuN-
dative	अफूला aphulā	अफूंना aphuNnā
ergative	अफूने aphune	अफूंनी aphuNni
instrumental	अफूशी aphuśi	अफूंशी aphuNśi
locative	अफूत aphut	अफूंत aphuNt
vocative	अफू aphu	अफूंनो aphuNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of अफू
	masculine object		feminine object		neuter object		oblique
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular^*	plural
singular subject	अफूचा aphuċā	अफूचे aphuce	अफूची aphuci	अफूच्या aphuca	अफूचे, अफूचं aphuce, aphuċa	अफूची aphuci	अफूच्या aphuca
plural subject	अफूंचा aphuNċā	अफूंचे aphuNce	अफूंची aphuNci	अफूंच्या aphuNca	अफूंचे, अफूंचं aphuNce, aphuNċa	अफूंची aphuNci	अफूंच्या aphuNca
^* 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.

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

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