কাউন

Bengali

কাউন ধান

Alternative forms

• কাওন (kaōn)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit কঙ্গুনী (kaṅgunī), itself a variant of কঙ্গু (kaṅgu). Cognate with Assamese কণী-ধান (koni-dhan), Hindi कांगणी (kāṅgṇī), Punjabi ਕਂਗਣੀ (kaṅgṇī).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kau̯n/, [ˈkau̯n]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kau̯n/, [ˈkau̯n]

Noun

কাউন • (kaun)

1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Inflection

Inflection of কাউন
nominative	কাউন kaun
objective	কাউন / কাউনকে kaun (semantically general or indefinite) / kaunke (semantically definite)
genitive	কাউনের kauner
locative	কাউনে kaune
	Indefinite forms
nominative	কাউন kaun
objective	কাউন / কাউনকে kaun (semantically general or indefinite) / kaunke (semantically definite)
genitive	কাউনের kauner
locative	কাউনে kaune
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	কাউনটা , কাউনটি kaunṭa (colloquial), kaunṭi (formal)		কাউনগুলা, কাউনগুলো kaungula (colloquial), kaungulo (formal)
objective	কাউনটা, কাউনটি kaunṭa (colloquial), kaunṭi (formal)		কাউনগুলা, কাউনগুলো kaungula (colloquial), kaungulo (formal)
genitive	কাউনটার, কাউনটির kaunṭar (colloquial), kaunṭir (formal)		কাউনগুলার, কাউনগুলোর kaungular (colloquial), kaungulor (formal)
locative	কাউনটাতে / কাউনটায়, কাউনটিতে kaunṭate / kaunṭay (colloquial), kaunṭite (formal)		কাউনগুলাতে / কাউনগুলায়, কাউনগুলোতে kaungulate / kaungulay (colloquial), kaungulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Accessible Dictionary, কাউন Government of Bangladesh