চাতক

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Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit চাতক (cātaka).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃat̪ok/,
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕat̪ok/,

Noun

চাতক • (catok)

  1. Jacobin or pied cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), considered a rainbird in South Asia due to its arrival before the monsoon
    1. a desirer of hard-to-achieve or rare things (like how the pied cuckoo is said to desire the relatively rarely coming raindrops).
      চাতক প্রায় অহর্নিশি
      চেয়ে আছে কালো শশী।
      catok praẏ ohorniśi
      ceẏe ache kalō śośi.
      The desirer almost day and night
      desires the black moon .
      —Lalon Fakir

Inflection

Inflection of চাতক
nominative চাতক
catok
objective চাতককে
catok (semantically general or indefinite) / catokke (semantically definite)
genitive চাতকের
catoker
Indefinite forms
nominative চাতক
catok
objective চাতককে
catok (semantically general or indefinite) / catokke (semantically definite)
genitive চাতকের
catoker
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative চাতকটা, চাতকটি
catokṭa (colloquial), catokṭi (formal) 		চাতকেরা
catokera
objective চাতকটাকে, চাতকটিকে
catokṭake (colloquial), catokṭike (formal) 		চাতকদের(কে)
catokder(ke)
genitive চাতকটার, চাতকটির
catokṭar (colloquial), catokṭir (formal) 		চাতকদের
catokder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).
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