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Bengali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā).
Pronunciation
Noun
জিজ্ঞাসা • (jijnaśa)
- question
সে আমাকে বাড়িতে থাকার ব্যাপারে জিজ্ঞাসা করল- se amake baṛite thakar byapare jijñasa kôrlô
- /śe amake baṛite thakar bæpare jiggaśa korlo/
- He has asked me a question on living in the house
Declension
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| nominative
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জিজ্ঞাসা (jiggaśa)
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| objective
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জিজ্ঞাসা / জিজ্ঞাসাকে (jiggaśa (semantically general or indefinite) / jiggaśake (semantically definite))
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| genitive
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জিজ্ঞাসার (jiggaśar)
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| locative
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জিজ্ঞাসাতে / জিজ্ঞাসায় (jiggaśate / jiggaśaẏ)
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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জিজ্ঞাসাটি , জিজ্ঞাসাটা (jiggaśaṭi, jiggaśaṭa)
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জিজ্ঞাসাগুলি, জিজ্ঞাসাগুলা, জিজ্ঞাসাগুলো (jiggaśaguli, jiggaśagula, jiggaśagulō)
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| objective
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জিজ্ঞাসাটি, জিজ্ঞাসাটা (jiggaśaṭi, jiggaśaṭa)
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জিজ্ঞাসাগুলি, জিজ্ঞাসাগুলা, জিজ্ঞাসাগুলো (jiggaśaguli, jiggaśagula, jiggaśagulō)
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| genitive
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জিজ্ঞাসাটির, জিজ্ঞাসাটার (jiggaśaṭir, jiggaśaṭar)
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জিজ্ঞাসাগুলির, জিজ্ঞাসাগুলার, জিজ্ঞাসাগুলোর (jiggaśagulir, jiggaśagular, jiggaśagulōr)
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| locative
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জিজ্ঞাসাটিতে, জিজ্ঞাসাটাতে, জিজ্ঞাসাটায় (jiggaśaṭite, jiggaśaṭate, jiggaśaṭaẏ)
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জিজ্ঞাসাগুলিতে, জিজ্ঞাসাগুলাতে, জিজ্ঞাসাগুলায়, জিজ্ঞাসাগুলোতে (jiggaśagulite, jiggaśagulate, jiggaśagulaẏ, jiggaśagulōte)
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| Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).
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References
- Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003) “জিজ্ঞাসা”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC.
- Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “জিজ্ঞাসা”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.