ডাব

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Assamese

ডাব

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali ডাব (ḍbo), Sylheti ꠒꠣꠛ (ḍab), Odia ଡାବ (ḍāba). Compare Hindi डब्बा (ḍabbā), डिब्बा (ḍibbā, box, container), Punjabi ਡੱਬ (ḍabba, kind of pocket), ડાબડી (ḍābḍī, box), ડવડુઁ (ḍavḍum̐, leather bag), Marathi डबा (ḍabā) etc.

Pronunciation

Noun

ডাব (dab)

  1. green coconut
    Synonyms: (brown) নাৰিকল (narikol), পুদোটক (pudütok)

Declension

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀟𑀩𑁆𑀩 (ḍabba), 𑀟𑀺𑀩𑁆𑀩 (ḍibba, box, container), borrowed from a non-Aryan substrate. Cognate with Sylheti ꠒꠣꠛ (ḍab), Assamese ডাব (dabo), Odia ଡାବ (ḍāba), Hindi डब्बा (ḍabbā), डिब्बा (ḍibbā, box, container), Punjabi ਡੱਬ (ḍabba, kind of pocket), ડાબડી (ḍābḍī, box), ડવડુઁ (ḍavḍum̐, leather bag) and Marathi डबा (ḍabā). Doublet of ডাবা (ḍaba, large earthen trough), ডাবু (ḍabu, small earthen jar), and ডিবা (ḍiba, box, container).

Pronunciation

Noun

ডাব (ḍab)

  1. green, unripe coconut

Inflection

Inflection of ডাব
nominative ডাব
ḍab
objective ডাব / ডাবকে
ḍab (semantically general or indefinite) / ḍabke (semantically definite)
genitive ডাবের
ḍaber
locative ডাবে
ḍabe
Indefinite forms
nominative ডাব
ḍab
objective ডাব / ডাবকে
ḍab (semantically general or indefinite) / ḍabke (semantically definite)
genitive ডাবের
ḍaber
locative ডাবে
ḍabe
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative ডাবটা , ডাবটি
ḍabṭa (colloquial), ḍabṭi (formal)
ডাবগুলা, ডাবগুলো
ḍabgula (colloquial), ḍabgulo (formal)
objective ডাবটা, ডাবটি
ḍabṭa (colloquial), ḍabṭi (formal)
ডাবগুলা, ডাবগুলো
ḍabgula (colloquial), ḍabgulo (formal)
genitive ডাবটার, ডাবটির
ḍabṭar (colloquial), ḍabṭir (formal)
ডাবগুলার, ডাবগুলোর
ḍabgular (colloquial), ḍabgulor (formal)
locative ডাবটাতে / ডাবটায়, ডাবটিতে
ḍabṭate / ḍabṭay (colloquial), ḍabṭite (formal)
ডাবগুলাতে / ডাবগুলায়, ডাবগুলোতে
ḍabgulate / ḍabgulay (colloquial), ḍabgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

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