বন্ধু

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See also: বন্ধ

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बन्धु (bandhu).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bond̪ʱu/,
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bond̪ʱu/,
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Noun

বন্ধু (bondhu)

  1. friend
    Hyponyms: বান্ধব (bandhob, (male)), বান্ধবী (bandhobi, (female))

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative বন্ধু (bondhu)
objective বন্ধুকে (bondhuke)
genitive বন্ধুর (bondhur)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative বন্ধুটা, বন্ধুটি (bondhuṭa (colloquial), bondhuṭi (formal)) বন্ধুরা (bondhura)
objective বন্ধুটাকে, বন্ধুটিকে (bondhuṭake (colloquial), bondhuṭike (formal)) বন্ধুদের(কে) (bondhuder(ke))
genitive বন্ধুটার, বন্ধুটির (bondhuṭar (colloquial), bondhuṭir (formal)) বন্ধুদের (bondhuder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

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References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “বন্ধু”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

বন্ধু m

  1. Bengali script form of bandhu

Declension