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Bengali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit संतान (saṃtāna). Cognate with Hindi संतान (santān), Punjabi ਸੰਤਾਨ (santān), Gujarati સંતાન (santān), Telugu సంతానము (santānamu).
Pronunciation
Noun
সন্তান • (śontan)
- child, offspring
- Synonyms: বাচ্চা (bacca), শিশু (śiśu), ফরজন্দ (phorjondo), ওলদ (ōlod)
Declension
| Inflection of সন্তান
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| nominative
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সন্তান
śontan
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| objective
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সন্তানকে
śontan (semantically general or indefinite) / śontanke (semantically definite)
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| genitive
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সন্তানের
śontaner
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Indefinite forms
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| nominative
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সন্তান
śontan
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| objective
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সন্তানকে
śontan (semantically general or indefinite) / śontanke (semantically definite)
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| genitive
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সন্তানের
śontaner
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Definite forms
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singular
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plural
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সন্তানটা, সন্তানটি
śontanṭa (colloquial), śontanṭi (formal)
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সন্তানেরা
śontanera
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সন্তানটাকে, সন্তানটিকে
śontanṭake (colloquial), śontanṭike (formal)
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সন্তানদের(কে)
śontander(ke)
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| genitive
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সন্তানটার, সন্তানটির
śontanṭar (colloquial), śontanṭir (formal)
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সন্তানদের
śontander
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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) “সন্তান”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]