কুম্ভীর

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुम्बीर (kumbīra). Doublet of কুমীর (kumir).

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kumbʱiɾ/, [ˈkumbʱiɾ], [ˈkumviɾ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kumbʱiɹ/, [ˈkumbʱiɹ], [ˈkumviɹ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /kumbʱiɾ/, [ˈkumβiɾ], [xumβiɹ]

Noun

কুম্ভীর • (kumbhir)

  1. crocodile
  2. alligator

Declension
Inflection of কুম্ভীর
nominative কুম্ভীর
kumbhir
objective কুম্ভীরকে
kumbhir (semantically general or indefinite) / kumbhirke (semantically definite)
genitive কুম্ভীরের
kumbhirer
Indefinite forms
nominative কুম্ভীর
kumbhir
objective কুম্ভীরকে
kumbhir (semantically general or indefinite) / kumbhirke (semantically definite)
genitive কুম্ভীরের
kumbhirer
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative কুম্ভীরটা, কুম্ভীরটি
kumbhirṭa (colloquial), kumbhirṭi (formal)		 কুম্ভীরেরা
kumbhirera
objective কুম্ভীরটাকে, কুম্ভীরটিকে
kumbhirṭake (colloquial), kumbhirṭike (formal)		 কুম্ভীরদের(কে)
kumbhirder(ke)
genitive কুম্ভীরটার, কুম্ভীরটির
kumbhirṭar (colloquial), kumbhirṭir (formal)		 কুম্ভীরদের
kumbhirder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References
  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “কুম্ভীর”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
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