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Assamese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पत्नी (patnī).
Pronunciation
Noun
পত্নী • (potni)
- wife
References
- “পত্নী”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.
Bengali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit পত্নী (patnī).
Pronunciation
Noun
পত্নী • (potni) (masculine পতি (poti))
- wife
Inflection
| Inflection of পত্নী
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| nominative
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পত্নী
potni
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| objective
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পত্নীকে
potnike
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| genitive
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পত্নীর
potnir
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Indefinite forms
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| nominative
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পত্নী
potni
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| objective
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পত্নীকে
potnike
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| genitive
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পত্নীর
potnir
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Definite forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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পত্নীটা, পত্নীটি
potniṭa (colloquial), potniṭi (formal)
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পত্নীরা
potnira
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| objective
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পত্নীটাকে, পত্নীটিকে
potniṭake (colloquial), potniṭike (formal)
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পত্নীদের(কে)
potnider(ke)
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| genitive
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পত্নীটার, পত্নীটির
potniṭar (colloquial), potniṭir (formal)
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পত্নীদের
potnider
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| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).
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References
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “পত্নী”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]