গালি

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गालि (gāli). Cognate with Assamese গালি (gali), Odia ଗାଲୀଁ (gālĩ), Maithili गारी (gārī), Hindustani گالی (gālī) / गाली (gālī), Nepali गाली (gālī), Gujarati ગાળી (gāḷī), Marathi गाळी (gāḷī), Punjabi ਗਾਲੀ (gālī), Sindhi گَآرِ (gāri).

Pronunciation

  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɡali/,
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Noun

গালি (gali)

  1. curse, abuse, swearword, profanity
    গালি দিচ্ছিস কেন?
    gali dicchiś ken?
    Why are you swearing?
    (literally, “Why are you giving swearwords?”)

Declension

Inflection of গালি
nominative গালি
gali
objective গালি / গালিকে
gali (semantically general or indefinite) / galike (semantically definite)
genitive গালির
galir
locative গালিতে
galite
Indefinite forms
nominative গালি
gali
objective গালি / গালিকে
gali (semantically general or indefinite) / galike (semantically definite)
genitive গালির
galir
locative গালিতে
galite
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative গালিটা , গালিটি
galiṭa (colloquial), galiṭi (formal)
গালিগুলা, গালিগুলো
galigula (colloquial), galigulo (formal)
objective গালিটা, গালিটি
galiṭa (colloquial), galiṭi (formal)
গালিগুলা, গালিগুলো
galigula (colloquial), galigulo (formal)
genitive গালিটার, গালিটির
galiṭar (colloquial), galiṭir (formal)
গালিগুলার, গালিগুলোর
galigular (colloquial), galigulor (formal)
locative গালিটাতে / গালিটায়, গালিটিতে
galiṭate / galiṭay (colloquial), galiṭite (formal)
গালিগুলাতে / গালিগুলায়, গালিগুলোতে
galigulate / galigulay (colloquial), galigulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

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