কফ

See also: কফি, কফী, কাফ, and কাফি

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कफ (kapha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas.

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kɔf/, [ˈkɔːf], [ˈkɔf]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kɔf/, [ˈkɔːf], [ˈkɔf]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /kɔɸ/, [ˈkɔɸ], [xɔɸ]
  • (Varendra) IPA(key): /kɔf/, [ˈkɔːf]
  • (East Rarh) IPA(key): [kɔ̜ːp(ʰ)], [kɔ̜ːɸ], [kɔ̜ːf]

Noun

কফ • (koph)

  1. mucus; phlegm; snot
    Synonym: শ্লেষ্মা (sleśśã)

Declension
Inflection of কফ
nominative কফ
koph
objective কফ / কফকে
koph (semantically general or indefinite) / kophke (semantically definite)
genitive কফের
kopher
locative কফে
kophe
Indefinite forms
nominative কফ
koph
objective কফ / কফকে
koph (semantically general or indefinite) / kophke (semantically definite)
genitive কফের
kopher
locative কফে
kophe
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative কফটা , কফটি
kophṭa (colloquial), kophṭi (formal)		 কফগুলা, কফগুলো
kophgula (colloquial), kophgulo (formal)
objective কফটা, কফটি
kophṭa (colloquial), kophṭi (formal)		 কফগুলা, কফগুলো
kophgula (colloquial), kophgulo (formal)
genitive কফটার, কফটির
kophṭar (colloquial), kophṭir (formal)		 কফগুলার, কফগুলোর
kophgular (colloquial), kophgulor (formal)
locative কফটাতে / কফটায়, কফটিতে
kophṭate / kophṭay (colloquial), kophṭite (formal)		 কফগুলাতে / কফগুলায়, কফগুলোতে
kophgulate / kophgulay (colloquial), kophgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms
  • কফঘ্ন (kophoghno)
  • কফজ (kophoj)

References
  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “কফ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, কফ, Government of Bangladesh
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