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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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