কফ

See also: কফি, কফী, কাফ, and কাফি

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कफ (kapha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kapʰas.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔf/, [ˈkɔːf], [ˈkɔf]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔf/, [ˈkɔːf], [ˈkɔf]

• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /kɔɸ/, [ˈkɔɸ], [xɔɸ]
• (Varendra) IPA^(key): /kɔf/, [ˈkɔːf]
• (East Rarh) IPA^(key): [kɔ̜ːp(ʰ)], [kɔ̜ːɸ], [kɔ̜ːf]

Noun

কফ • (koph)

1. mucus; phlegm; snot

   Synonym: শ্লেষ্মা (sleśśã)

Declension

Inflection of কফ
nominative	কফ koph
objective	কফ / কফকে koph (semantically general or indefinite) / kophke (semantically definite)
genitive	কফের kopher
locative	কফে kophe
	Indefinite forms
nominative	কফ koph
objective	কফ / কফকে koph (semantically general or indefinite) / kophke (semantically definite)
genitive	কফের kopher
locative	কফে kophe
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	কফটা , কফটি kophṭa (colloquial), kophṭi (formal)		কফগুলা, কফগুলো kophgula (colloquial), kophgulo (formal)
objective	কফটা, কফটি kophṭa (colloquial), kophṭi (formal)		কফগুলা, কফগুলো kophgula (colloquial), kophgulo (formal)
genitive	কফটার, কফটির kophṭar (colloquial), kophṭir (formal)		কফগুলার, কফগুলোর kophgular (colloquial), kophgulor (formal)
locative	কফটাতে / কফটায়, কফটিতে kophṭate / kophṭay (colloquial), kophṭite (formal)		কফগুলাতে / কফগুলায়, কফগুলোতে kophgulate / kophgulay (colloquial), kophgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• কফঘ্ন (kophoghno)
• কফজ (kophoj)

 

References

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