শহর
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শহর
Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian شهر (šahr), from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭲𐭥𐭩 (štry /šahr/, “land”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *xšaθram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšatrám (“dominion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tk-e-tróm (“taken (land)”). Doublet of শাহ (śah), খাতা (khata), ক্ষত্র (khotro), and ক্ষত্রিয় (khotriẏo). Cognate with Assamese চহৰ (sohor), Gujarati શહેર (śaher), Hindustani شہر / शहर (śahar), Marathi शहर (śahar), Nepali शहर (śahar), Punjabi ਸ਼ਹਿਰ (śahir).
Pronunciation
Noun
শহর • (śohor)
Inflection
| Inflection of শহর | |||
| nominative | শহর śohór | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| objective | শহর / শহরকে śohór (semantically general or indefinite) / śohórke (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | শহরের śohórer | ||
| locative | শহরে śohóre | ||
| Indefinite forms | |||
| nominative | শহর śohór | ||
| objective | শহর / শহরকে śohór (semantically general or indefinite) / śohórke (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | শহরের śohórer | ||
| locative | শহরে śohóre | ||
| Definite forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | শহরটা , শহরটি śohórṭa (colloquial), śohórṭi (formal) |
শহরগুলা, শহরগুলো śohórgula (colloquial), śohórgulo (formal) | |
| objective | শহরটা, শহরটি śohórṭa (colloquial), śohórṭi (formal) |
শহরগুলা, শহরগুলো śohórgula (colloquial), śohórgulo (formal) | |
| genitive | শহরটার, শহরটির śohórṭar (colloquial), śohórṭir (formal) |
শহরগুলার, শহরগুলোর śohórgular (colloquial), śohórgulor (formal) | |
| locative | শহরটাতে / শহরটায়, শহরটিতে śohórṭate / śohórṭay (colloquial), śohórṭite (formal) |
শহরগুলাতে / শহরগুলায়, শহরগুলোতে śohórgulate / śohórgulay (colloquial), śohórgulote (formal) | |
| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). | |||