তিন্দু
Bengali edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sanskrit তিন্দু (tindu). Compare Odia ତିନ୍ଦୁ (tindu), Hindi तिंदु (tindu), and also तेंदू (tendū, “Cucurbita moschata or Diospyros spp.”), टिंडा (ṭiṇḍā, “apple gourd, Praecitrullus fistulosus”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
তিন্দু • (tindu)
- various ebony and persimmon species (Diospyros)
- fruit of such Diospyros species, such as the velvet apple
Declension edit
| Inflection of তিন্দু | |||
| nominative | তিন্দু tinduk | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| objective | তিন্দু / তিন্দুকে tinduk (semantically general or indefinite) / tindukke (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | তিন্দুের tinduker | ||
| locative | তিন্দুে tinduke | ||
| Indefinite forms | |||
| nominative | তিন্দু tinduk | ||
| objective | তিন্দু / তিন্দুকে tinduk (semantically general or indefinite) / tindukke (semantically definite) | ||
| genitive | তিন্দুের tinduker | ||
| locative | তিন্দুে tinduke | ||
| Definite forms | |||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | তিন্দুটা , তিন্দুটি tindukṭa (colloquial), tindukṭi (formal) |
তিন্দুগুলা, তিন্দুগুলো tindukgula (colloquial), tindukgulo (formal) | |
| objective | তিন্দুটা, তিন্দুটি tindukṭa (colloquial), tindukṭi (formal) |
তিন্দুগুলা, তিন্দুগুলো tindukgula (colloquial), tindukgulo (formal) | |
| genitive | তিন্দুটার, তিন্দুটির tindukṭar (colloquial), tindukṭir (formal) |
তিন্দুগুলার, তিন্দুগুলোর tindukgular (colloquial), tindukgulor (formal) | |
| locative | তিন্দুটাতে / তিন্দুটায়, তিন্দুটিতে tindukṭate / tindukṭay (colloquial), tindukṭite (formal) |
তিন্দুগুলাতে / তিন্দুগুলায়, তিন্দুগুলোতে tindukgulate / tindukgulay (colloquial), tindukgulote (formal) | |
| Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). | |||
References edit
- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “তিন্দু,%20তিন্দুক”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
- Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, তিন্দুক, Government of Bangladesh