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Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit प्रहर (prahara). Cognate with Gujarati પહેરો (pahero), Hindustani پَہْرا (pahrā) / पहरा (pahrā), and Nepali पहरा (paharā).
Pronunciation
Noun
পাহারা • (pahara)
- watching or guarding; a watch, watchman, watcher, sentinel, sentry, guard, guardsman
Declension
| Inflection of পাহারা
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| nominative
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পাহারা
pahara
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| objective
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পাহারাকে
paharake
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| genitive
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পাহারার
paharar
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Indefinite forms
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| nominative
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পাহারা
pahara
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| objective
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পাহারাকে
paharake
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| genitive
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পাহারার
paharar
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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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পাহারাটা, পাহারাটি
paharaṭa (colloquial), paharaṭi (formal)
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পাহারারা
paharara
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| objective
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পাহারাটাকে, পাহারাটিকে
paharaṭake (colloquial), paharaṭike (formal)
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পাহারাদের(কে)
paharader(ke)
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পাহারাটার, পাহারাটির
paharaṭar (colloquial), paharaṭir (formal)
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পাহারাদের
paharader
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| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).
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Derived terms
References
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “পাহারা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prahara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 499