গেঁদা
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Bengali
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑁂𑀁𑀤𑀼𑀅 (geṃdua), from Sanskrit गेन्दुक (genduka). Cognate with Hindustani گیندا / गेंदा (gendā).
Pronunciation
Noun
গেঁদা • (gẽda)
- marigold
- 1976, Ratan Kahar (lyrics and music), “বড় লোকের বিটি লো”:
- বড় লোকের বিটি লো লম্বা লম্বা চুল / এমন মাথায় বেধে দেব লাল গেন্দা ফুল
- boṛ lōker biṭi lō lomba lomba cul / emon mathaẏ bedhe deb lal genda phul
- The rich man's daughter with long hair / I will adorn her hair with a red marigold flower
Inflection
| Inflection of গেঁদা | |||
| nominative | গেঁদা gẽda | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| objective | গেঁদা / গেঁদাকে gẽda (semantically general or indefinite) / gẽdake (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | গেঁদার gẽdar | ||
| locative | গেঁদাতে / গেঁদায় gẽdate / gẽdaẏ | ||
| Indefinite forms | |||
| nominative | গেঁদা gẽda | ||
| objective | গেঁদা / গেঁদাকে gẽda (semantically general or indefinite) / gẽdake (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | গেঁদার gẽdar | ||
| locative | গেঁদাতে / গেঁদায় gẽdate / gẽdaẏ | ||
| Definite forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | গেঁদাটি , গেঁদাটা gẽdaṭi, gẽdaṭa |
গেঁদাগুলি, গেঁদাগুলা, গেঁদাগুলো gẽdaguli, gẽdagula, gẽdagulō | |
| objective | গেঁদাটি, গেঁদাটা gẽdaṭi, gẽdaṭa |
গেঁদাগুলি, গেঁদাগুলা, গেঁদাগুলো gẽdaguli, gẽdagula, gẽdagulō | |
| genitive | গেঁদাটির, গেঁদাটার gẽdaṭir, gẽdaṭar |
গেঁদাগুলির, গেঁদাগুলার, গেঁদাগুলোর gẽdagulir, gẽdagular, gẽdagulōr | |
| locative | গেঁদাটিতে, গেঁদাটাতে, গেঁদাটায় gẽdaṭite, gẽdaṭate, gẽdaṭaẏ |
গেঁদাগুলিতে, গেঁদাগুলাতে, গেঁদাগুলায়, গেঁদাগুলোতে gẽdagulite, gẽdagulate, gẽdagulaẏ, gẽdagulōte | |
| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). | |||
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gēnduka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 228
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D., volume 1, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 234.
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “গেঁদা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia