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Bengali
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit ভাব (bhāba). Compare Assamese ভাব (bhabo), Odia ଭାବ (bhāba), Hindustani بهاو / भाव (bhāv). Doublet of ভাও (bhaō).
Pronunciation
Noun
ভাব • (bhab)
- birth, origin
- existence, presence, essence
- shape
- intention
- state, condition
- mental state, mood
- nature
- love, attachment, friendship, amity
- acquaintance
- ভাব করা ― bhab kora ― to make friends with, to make acquaintance with, to make peace with
- manner, mode
- significance, implication
- idea, abstract thought
- imagination
- Synonym: ভাবলোক (bhabolōk)
- meditation, cogitation
- Synonym: ভাবমগ্ন (bhabomogno)
- reverie, ecstasy
- emotion, an outburst of emotion
- Synonym: ভাবোদ্দীপন (bhabōddipon)
Declension
| Inflection of ভাব
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| nominative
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ভাব
bhab
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| objective
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ভাব / ভাবকে
bhab (semantically general or indefinite) / bhabke (semantically definite)
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| genitive
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ভাবের
bhaber
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| locative
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ভাবে
bhabe
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Indefinite forms
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| nominative
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ভাব
bhab
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| objective
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ভাব / ভাবকে
bhab (semantically general or indefinite) / bhabke (semantically definite)
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| genitive
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ভাবের
bhaber
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| locative
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ভাবে
bhabe
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Definite forms
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singular
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plural
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ভাবটা , ভাবটি
bhabṭa (colloquial), bhabṭi (formal)
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ভাবগুলা, ভাবগুলো
bhabgula (colloquial), bhabgulo (formal)
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ভাবটা, ভাবটি
bhabṭa (colloquial), bhabṭi (formal)
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ভাবগুলা, ভাবগুলো
bhabgula (colloquial), bhabgulo (formal)
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ভাবটার, ভাবটির
bhabṭar (colloquial), bhabṭir (formal)
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ভাবগুলার, ভাবগুলোর
bhabgular (colloquial), bhabgulor (formal)
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ভাবটাতে / ভাবটায়, ভাবটিতে
bhabṭate / bhabṭay (colloquial), bhabṭite (formal)
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ভাবগুলাতে / ভাবগুলায়, ভাবগুলোতে
bhabgulate / bhabgulay (colloquial), bhabgulote (formal)
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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) “ভাব”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
- Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, ভাব, Government of Bangladesh
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhāvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press