ছাগল

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit छागल (chāgala), vriddhi derivative of Sanskrit छगल (chagala, “goat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰaɡol/, [ˈt͡ʃʰaɡol]

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Noun

ছাগল • (chagol)

1. goat

   বাবলু ভাই এই ঈদে একটি ছাগল জবাই দিয়েছেন।

   babolu bhai ei ide ekṭi chagol jobai diẏechen.

   Bablu has sacrificed a goat in this Eid.

   (literally, “Brother Bablu has given a goat slaughter in this Eid.”)

2. (derogatory) fool, idiot, moron

   এই ছাগলটি একটি সামান্য কাম করতে পারেনি।

   ei chagolṭi ekṭi śamanno kam korote pareni.

   This moron couldn’t do a simple job.

Declension

Inflection of ছাগল
nominative	ছাগল chagol
objective	ছাগলকে chagol (semantically general or indefinite) / chagolke (semantically definite)
genitive	ছাগলের chagoler
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ছাগল chagol
objective	ছাগলকে chagol (semantically general or indefinite) / chagolke (semantically definite)
genitive	ছাগলের chagoler
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ছাগলটা, ছাগলটি chagolṭa (colloquial), chagolṭi (formal)		ছাগলেরা chagolera
objective	ছাগলটাকে, ছাগলটিকে chagolṭake (colloquial), chagolṭike (formal)		ছাগলদের(কে) chagolder(ke)
genitive	ছাগলটার, ছাগলটির chagolṭar (colloquial), chagolṭir (formal)		ছাগলদের chagolder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).