কুম্ভীর

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुम्बीर (kumbīra). Doublet of কুমীর (kumir).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kumbʱiɾ/, [ˈkumbʱiɾ], [ˈkumviɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kumbʱiɹ/, [ˈkumbʱiɹ], [ˈkumviɹ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /kumbʱiɾ/, [ˈkumβiɾ], [xumβiɹ]

Noun

কুম্ভীর • (kumbhir)

1. crocodile
2. alligator

Declension

Inflection of কুম্ভীর
nominative	কুম্ভীর kumbhir
objective	কুম্ভীরকে kumbhir (semantically general or indefinite) / kumbhirke (semantically definite)
genitive	কুম্ভীরের kumbhirer
	Indefinite forms
nominative	কুম্ভীর kumbhir
objective	কুম্ভীরকে kumbhir (semantically general or indefinite) / kumbhirke (semantically definite)
genitive	কুম্ভীরের kumbhirer
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	কুম্ভীরটা, কুম্ভীরটি kumbhirṭa (colloquial), kumbhirṭi (formal)		কুম্ভীরেরা kumbhirera
objective	কুম্ভীরটাকে, কুম্ভীরটিকে kumbhirṭake (colloquial), kumbhirṭike (formal)		কুম্ভীরদের(কে) kumbhirder(ke)
genitive	কুম্ভীরটার, কুম্ভীরটির kumbhirṭar (colloquial), kumbhirṭir (formal)		কুম্ভীরদের kumbhirder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “কুম্ভীর”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]