গুণা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گناه (gunāh), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wnʾs /⁠wināh⁠/), 𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫀𐫍 (wynʾh /⁠wināh⁠/, “sin, crime”), ultimately from the Proto-Iranian preverb *vi- and the root *nas- (“to disappear; to perish”), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (“to perish, to disappear”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡuna/, [ɡunaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡuna/, [ɡunaˑ]

Noun

গুণা • (guna)

1. Archaic spelling of গুনাহ (gunah).

   মুমীন সবের গুণা করিমে ক্ষেমিব

   mumin śôber guṇa kôrime kkhemibô

   The Gracious will forgive the sins of all believers

   - Syed Alaol

Declension

Inflection of গুণা
nominative	গুণা guṇa
objective	গুণা / গুণাকে guṇa (semantically general or indefinite) / guṇake (semantically definite)
genitive	গুণার guṇar
locative	গুণাতে / গুণায় guṇate / guṇaẏ
	Indefinite forms
nominative	গুণা guṇa
objective	গুণা / গুণাকে guṇa (semantically general or indefinite) / guṇake (semantically definite)
genitive	গুণার guṇar
locative	গুণাতে / গুণায় guṇate / guṇaẏ
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	গুণাটি , গুণাটা guṇaṭi, guṇaṭa		গুণাগুলি, গুণাগুলা, গুণাগুলো guṇaguli, guṇagula, guṇagulō
objective	গুণাটি, গুণাটা guṇaṭi, guṇaṭa		গুণাগুলি, গুণাগুলা, গুণাগুলো guṇaguli, guṇagula, guṇagulō
genitive	গুণাটির, গুণাটার guṇaṭir, guṇaṭar		গুণাগুলির, গুণাগুলার, গুণাগুলোর guṇagulir, guṇagular, guṇagulōr
locative	গুণাটিতে, গুণাটাতে, গুণাটায় guṇaṭite, guṇaṭate, guṇaṭaẏ		গুণাগুলিতে, গুণাগুলাতে, গুণাগুলায়, গুণাগুলোতে guṇagulite, guṇagulate, guṇagulaẏ, guṇagulōte
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) “গুণা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]