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Bengali
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सन्तान (santāna).
Pronunciation
Noun
সন্তান • (śontan) (feminine কন্যাসন্তান (konnaśontan))
- (formal) child, offspring
- Synonyms: বাচ্চা (bacca), শিশু (śiśu), আওলাদ (aōlad), ফরজন্দ (phôrjônd)
Declension
| Inflection of সন্তান
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| nominative
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সন্তান
śôntan
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| objective
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সন্তানকে
śôntan (semantically general or indefinite) / śôntanke (semantically definite)
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| genitive
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সন্তানের
śôntaner
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Indefinite forms
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| nominative
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সন্তান
śôntan
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| objective
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সন্তানকে
śôntan (semantically general or indefinite) / śôntanke (semantically definite)
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| genitive
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সন্তানের
śôntaner
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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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সন্তানটা, সন্তানটি
śôntanṭa (colloquial), śôntanṭi (formal)
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সন্তানেরা
śôntanera
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সন্তানটাকে, সন্তানটিকে
śôntanṭake (colloquial), śôntanṭike (formal)
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সন্তানদের(কে)
śôntander(ke)
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| genitive
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সন্তানটার, সন্তানটির
śôntanṭar (colloquial), śôntanṭir (formal)
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সন্তানদের
śôntander
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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 India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]