ঠিক

Bengali

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*ṭhīkka), ultimately from Sanskrit स्थित (sthita, “situated; firm”).

Doublet of ঠিকানা (ṭhikana, “address”) and স্থিত (sthito, “fixed, located”). Also related to থাকা (thaka, “to live, stay”), থানা (thana, “police station”), ঠাঁই (ṭhãi, “place”), থালা (thala, “plate”), স্থল (sthol, “ground, land”), স্থাপন (sthapon, “placing”), স্থাপত্য (sthapotto, “architecture”), স্থান (sthan, “place”), and -স্তান (-stan).

Cognate with Assamese ঠিক (thik), Odia ଠିକ (ṭhikô), Hindustani ٹھیک / ठीक (ṭhīk), Gujarati ઠીક (ṭhīk), Sindhi ٺيِڪُ / ठीकु, Marathi ठीक (ṭhīk), Punjabi ٹِھیک‎ / ਠੀਕ (ṭhīk).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʈʰik/, [ˈʈʰiːk], [ˈʈʰik]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /tʰik/, [ˈtʰiːk], [ˈtʰik]

Adjective

ঠিক • (ṭhik) (comparative আরও ঠিক, superlative সবচেয়ে ঠিক)

1. right, proper, correct

   ঠিক জায়গায় লিখি

   ṭhik jaẏgaẏ likhi

   write in the correct place

2. in working order
3. fitting, suitable

Adverb

ঠিক • (ṭhik)

1. right, exactly, just
2. certainly, surely

Noun

ঠিক • (ṭhik)

1. fixity, firmness
2. regularity, certainty
3. total, sum, addition

   ঠিক দেওয়া ― ṭhik deōẇa ― to tot up, to add

   ঠিকে ভুল ― ṭhike bhul ― an error in calculation; (by extension) an error in judgment

   ঠিক পাওয়া ― ṭhik paōẇa ― to discern, find out

Declension

Inflection of ঠিক
nominative	ঠিক ṭhik
objective	ঠিক / ঠিককে ṭhik (semantically general or indefinite) / ṭhikke (semantically definite)
genitive	ঠিকের ṭhiker
locative	ঠিকে ṭhike
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ঠিক ṭhik
objective	ঠিক / ঠিককে ṭhik (semantically general or indefinite) / ṭhikke (semantically definite)
genitive	ঠিকের ṭhiker
locative	ঠিকে ṭhike
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ঠিকটা , ঠিকটি ṭhikṭa (colloquial), ṭhikṭi (formal)		ঠিকগুলা, ঠিকগুলো ṭhikgula (colloquial), ṭhikgulo (formal)
objective	ঠিকটা, ঠিকটি ṭhikṭa (colloquial), ṭhikṭi (formal)		ঠিকগুলা, ঠিকগুলো ṭhikgula (colloquial), ṭhikgulo (formal)
genitive	ঠিকটার, ঠিকটির ṭhikṭar (colloquial), ṭhikṭir (formal)		ঠিকগুলার, ঠিকগুলোর ṭhikgular (colloquial), ṭhikgulor (formal)
locative	ঠিকটাতে / ঠিকটায়, ঠিকটিতে ṭhikṭate / ṭhikṭay (colloquial), ṭhikṭite (formal)		ঠিকগুলাতে / ঠিকগুলায়, ঠিকগুলোতে ṭhikgulate / ṭhikgulay (colloquial), ṭhikgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• ঠিক ঠাক (ṭhik ṭhak)

References

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