কোথায়

Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit कुत्र (kutra, “where”), with the aspiration resulting from a conflation with থান (than, “place”), which was once used as a common locational suffix.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /kot̪ʰae̯/, [ˈkot̪ʰae̯]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kot̪ʰae̯/, [ˈkot̪ʰae̯]
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Pronoun edit

কোথায় • (kōthaẏ)

where
তুমি কোথায়? ― tumi kothaẏ? ― Where are you?

References edit

^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “কোথায়”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 806

[gch-1] Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “কোথায়”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 806

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