অতীত

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit অতীত (atīta). By surface analysis, অতী (oti) +‎ -ত (-to). Cognate with Assamese অতীত (otit), Odia ଅତୀତ (atita), Hindustani اتیت / अतीत (atīt).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ot̪it̪/, [ˈot̪it̪]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ot̪it̪/, [ˈot̪it̪]

Noun

অতীত • (otit)

1. past
2. (linguistics) past tense

Declension

Inflection of অতীত
nominative	অতীত ótit
objective	অতীত / অতীতকে ótit (semantically general or indefinite) / ótitke (semantically definite)
genitive	অতীতের ótiter
locative	অতীতে ótite
	Indefinite forms
nominative	অতীত ótit
objective	অতীত / অতীতকে ótit (semantically general or indefinite) / ótitke (semantically definite)
genitive	অতীতের ótiter
locative	অতীতে ótite
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	অতীতটা , অতীতটি ótitṭa (colloquial), ótitṭi (formal)		অতীতগুলা, অতীতগুলো ótitgula (colloquial), ótitgulo (formal)
objective	অতীতটা, অতীতটি ótitṭa (colloquial), ótitṭi (formal)		অতীতগুলা, অতীতগুলো ótitgula (colloquial), ótitgulo (formal)
genitive	অতীতটার, অতীতটির ótitṭar (colloquial), ótitṭir (formal)		অতীতগুলার, অতীতগুলোর ótitgular (colloquial), ótitgulor (formal)
locative	অতীতটাতে / অতীতটায়, অতীতটিতে ótitṭate / ótitṭay (colloquial), ótitṭite (formal)		অতীতগুলাতে / অতীতগুলায়, অতীতগুলোতে ótitgulate / ótitgulay (colloquial), ótitgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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