ধারা

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Bengali

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit ধারা (dhārā). Compare Assamese ধাৰা (dhara), Sylheti ꠗꠣꠞꠣ (dára), Odia ଧାରା (dhārā) and Hindustani دهارا / धारा (dhārā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ধারা (dhara)

  1. stream, flow, current
  2. shower
  3. spring, cascade, waterfall
  4. order, succession, train
  5. system, method, way
    বর্তমানের ধারাbortomaner dharaorder of the day
  6. fashion, manner, mode
  7. (law) clause, section, article
Declension
Inflection of ধারা
nominative ধারা
dhara
objective ধারা / ধারাকে
dhara (semantically general or indefinite) / dharake (semantically definite)
genitive ধারার
dharar
locative ধারাতে / ধারায়
dharate / dharaẏ
Indefinite forms
nominative ধারা
dhara
objective ধারা / ধারাকে
dhara (semantically general or indefinite) / dharake (semantically definite)
genitive ধারার
dharar
locative ধারাতে / ধারায়
dharate / dharaẏ
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative ধারাটি , ধারাটা
dharaṭi, dharaṭa
ধারাগুলি, ধারাগুলা, ধারাগুলো
dharaguli, dharagula, dharagulō
objective ধারাটি, ধারাটা
dharaṭi, dharaṭa
ধারাগুলি, ধারাগুলা, ধারাগুলো
dharaguli, dharagula, dharagulō
genitive ধারাটির, ধারাটার
dharaṭir, dharaṭar
ধারাগুলির, ধারাগুলার, ধারাগুলোর
dharagulir, dharagular, dharagulōr
locative ধারাটিতে, ধারাটাতে, ধারাটায়
dharaṭite, dharaṭate, dharaṭaẏ
ধারাগুলিতে, ধারাগুলাতে, ধারাগুলায়, ধারাগুলোতে
dharagulite, dharagulate, dharagulaẏ, dharagulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

ধারা (dhara)

  1. owe
Conjugation

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “ধারা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]