Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian وَصِیَت (wasiyat). Doublet of অসিয়ত (ośiẏot).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɔt͡ʃʰi/, [ˈɔt͡ʃʰiˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɔtɕʰi/, [ˈɔtɕʰiˑ]
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  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /ɔsi/, [ˈɔsiˑ], [ˈɔsiˑ]

Noun

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অছি (ochi)

  1. guardian, administrator, executor, trustee

Inflection

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Inflection of অছি
nominative অছি
ochi
objective অছিকে
ochike
genitive অছির
ochir
Indefinite forms
nominative অছি
ochi
objective অছিকে
ochike
genitive অছির
ochir
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative অছিটা, অছিটি
ochiṭa (colloquial), ochiṭi (formal)
অছিরা
ochira
objective অছিটাকে, অছিটিকে
ochiṭake (colloquial), ochiṭike (formal)
অছিদের(কে)
ochider(ke)
genitive অছিটার, অছিটির
ochiṭar (colloquial), ochiṭir (formal)
অছিদের
ochider
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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