কর্কট

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa). Doublet of কাঁকড়া (kãkoṛa).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kɔɾkɔʈ/, [ˈkɔɾkɔʈ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kɔɹkɔt/, [ˈkɔɹkɔt]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /kɔɾkɔt/, [ˈkɔɾkɔt], [xɔɹxɔt]

Noun

কর্কট • (korkoṭ)

1. crab
2. (astrology) Cancer

Inflection

Inflection of কর্কট
nominative	কর্কট korkoṭ
objective	কর্কটকে korkoṭ (semantically general or indefinite) / korkoṭke (semantically definite)
genitive	কর্কটের korkoṭer
	Indefinite forms
nominative	কর্কট korkoṭ
objective	কর্কটকে korkoṭ (semantically general or indefinite) / korkoṭke (semantically definite)
genitive	কর্কটের korkoṭer
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	কর্কটটা, কর্কটটি korkoṭṭa (colloquial), korkoṭṭi (formal)		কর্কটেরা korkoṭera
objective	কর্কটটাকে, কর্কটটিকে korkoṭṭake (colloquial), korkoṭṭike (formal)		কর্কটদের(কে) korkoṭder(ke)
genitive	কর্কটটার, কর্কটটির korkoṭṭar (colloquial), korkoṭṭir (formal)		কর্কটদের korkoṭder
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) “কর্কট”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]