সাখী

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit साक्षिन् (sākṣin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.kʰi/

Noun

সাখী • (xakhi)

1. witness

References

• “সাখী”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.

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Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit साक्षिन् (sākṣin).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃakʰi/, [ˈʃakʰiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃakʰi/, [ˈʃakʰiˑ]

Noun

সাখী • (śakhi)

1. witness

Inflection

Inflection of সাখী
nominative	সাখী śakhi
objective	সাখীকে śakhike
genitive	সাখীর śakhir
	Indefinite forms
nominative	সাখী śakhi
objective	সাখীকে śakhike
genitive	সাখীর śakhir
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	সাখীটা, সাখীটি śakhiṭa (colloquial), śakhiṭi (formal)		সাখীরা śakhira
objective	সাখীটাকে, সাখীটিকে śakhiṭake (colloquial), śakhiṭike (formal)		সাখীদের(কে) śakhider(ke)
genitive	সাখীটার, সাখীটির śakhiṭar (colloquial), śakhiṭir (formal)		সাখীদের śakhider
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “সাখী”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2^nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC.