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Marathi Gender

This page discusses the gender in Marathi. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: मुलगा
mulagā
Girl: मुलगी
mulagī
Man: पुरुष
puruṣa
Woman: स्त्री
strī
Father: वडील
vaḍīla
Mother: आई
ā'ī
Brother: भाऊ
bhā'ū
Sister: बहीण
bahīṇa
Actor: अभिनेता
abhinētā
Actress: अभिनेत्री
abhinētrī
Cat (m): बोका
bōkā
Cat (f): मांजर
mān̄jara

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: तो उंच आहे .
tō un̄ca āhē.
She is tall: ती उंच आहे .
Tī un̄ca āhē.
He is a short man: तो गिड्डा / बुटका पुरुष आहे .
Tō giḍḍā/ buṭakā puruṣa āhē.
She is a short woman: ती गिड्डी / बुटकी स्त्री / बाई आहे .
Tī giḍḍī/ buṭakī strī/ bā'ī āhē.
He is German: तो जर्मन आहे .
Tō jarmana āhē.
She is German: ती जर्मन आहे .
Tī jarmana āhē.
Japanese men are friendly: जपानी पुरुषांमधे मैत्रभावना असते .
Japānī puruṣāmmadhē maitrabhāvanā asatē.
Japanese women are friendly: जपानी स्त्रियांमधे मैत्रभावना असते .
Japānī striyāmmadhē maitrabhāvanā asatē.

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