গাব

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দেশি গাব

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit গালৱ (gālava). Compare Hindi गालव (gālav).

Pronunciation

Noun

গাব (gab)

  1. gaub, various ebony and persimmon species (Diospyros)
    Synonyms: তিন্দু (tindu), তিন্দুক (tinduk)
  2. fruit of such Diospyros species, such as the velvet apple
  3. (in particular) Malabar ebony (Diospyros malabarica)
    Synonym: দেশি গাব (deśi gab)
  4. lodhra (Symplocos racemosa)
    Synonym: লোধ্র (lōdhro)

Declension

Inflection of গাব
nominative গাব
gab
objective গাব / গাবকে
gab (semantically general or indefinite) / gabke (semantically definite)
genitive গাবের
gaber
locative গাবে
gabe
Indefinite forms
nominative গাব
gab
objective গাব / গাবকে
gab (semantically general or indefinite) / gabke (semantically definite)
genitive গাবের
gaber
locative গাবে
gabe
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative গাবটা , গাবটি
gabṭa (colloquial), gabṭi (formal)
গাবগুলা, গাবগুলো
gabgula (colloquial), gabgulo (formal)
objective গাবটা, গাবটি
gabṭa (colloquial), gabṭi (formal)
গাবগুলা, গাবগুলো
gabgula (colloquial), gabgulo (formal)
genitive গাবটার, গাবটির
gabṭar (colloquial), gabṭir (formal)
গাবগুলার, গাবগুলোর
gabgular (colloquial), gabgulor (formal)
locative গাবটাতে / গাবটায়, গাবটিতে
gabṭate / gabṭay (colloquial), gabṭite (formal)
গাবগুলাতে / গাবগুলায়, গাবগুলোতে
gabgulate / gabgulay (colloquial), gabgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

References

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