Bengali edit

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Etymology edit

Vowel lowering (/i/ → /e/), through umlaut, triggered by the following open vowel (/a/) in কিনা (kina); ultimately from Sanskrit क्रीणाति (krīṇāti). Doublet of ক্রয় (kroẏ, purchase) and ক্রেতা (kreta, buyer).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ke.na/, [ˈke.na]
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Hyphenation: কে‧না

Verb edit

কেনা (kena)

  1. to buy, to purchase

Conjugation edit

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See also edit