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Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سَنَة (sana), from Proto-Semitic *šanat-.
Pronunciation
Noun
সন • (śon)
- year, calendar year
- Synonym: সাল (śal)
- বাংলা সন ― baṅla śon ― Bengali calendar
তিন সন ইজাফা দিয়াছি রাজকরে।- tin śon ijapha diẏachi rajkore.
- I gave three years extra towards the royal tax.
- Ghanaram Chakrabarty
Declension
| Inflection of সন
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| nominative
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সন
śôn
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| objective
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সন / সনকে
śôn (semantically general or indefinite) / śônke (semantically definite)
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| genitive
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সনের
śôner
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| locative
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সনে
śône
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Indefinite forms
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| nominative
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সন
śôn
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| objective
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সন / সনকে
śôn (semantically general or indefinite) / śônke (semantically definite)
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| genitive
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সনের
śôner
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| locative
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সনে
śône
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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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সনটা , সনটি
śônṭa (colloquial), śônṭi (formal)
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সনগুলা, সনগুলো
śôngula (colloquial), śôngulo (formal)
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| objective
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সনটা, সনটি
śônṭa (colloquial), śônṭi (formal)
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সনগুলা, সনগুলো
śôngula (colloquial), śôngulo (formal)
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সনটার, সনটির
śônṭar (colloquial), śônṭir (formal)
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সনগুলার, সনগুলোর
śôngular (colloquial), śôngulor (formal)
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| locative
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সনটাতে / সনটায়, সনটিতে
śônṭate / śônṭay (colloquial), śônṭite (formal)
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সনগুলাতে / সনগুলায়, সনগুলোতে
śôngulate / śôngulay (colloquial), śôngulote (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) “সন”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
- Accessible Dictionary, “সন” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
- Accessible Dictionary, “সন” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh