मुंबई

Hindi

Alternative forms

मुम्बई (mumbaī)

Proper noun

मुंबई • (mumbaī) m (Urdu spelling ممبئی‎)

Mumbai; Bombay (a city in India)

Marathi

Etymology

From मुंबा (mumbā, “the goddess Mumba”, the local mother goddess) +‎ आई (āī, “mother”).

Proper noun

मुंबई • (mumbaī) f

Mumbai (a city in India, summer capital of the state of Maharashtra)

References

James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “मुंबई”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press

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