Type Settlement Usage Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Urdu, English, German, Russian Scripts मुंबई(Marathi, Hindi) મુંબઈ(Gujarati) ಮುಂಬೈ(Kannada) മുംബൈ(Malayalam) ముంబై(Telugu) ممبئی(Urdu) Мумбаи(Russian) Pronounced Pron. /mʊm.ˈbaɪ/(English) /ˈmum.baɪ̯/(German) Meaning & History From Marathi मुंबा (Mumbā), the name of an incarnation of the Hindu mother goddess Devi, combined with आई (āī) meaning "mother". This is the name of a city in Maharashtra, India, formerly called Bombay.