ঝি
Bengali
editEtymology
editInherited from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀛𑀺𑀅 ~ 𑀥𑀺𑀅 (*jhia ~ dhia), from Old Indo-Aryan *jhitā ~ *dhitā (compare attested দুহিতা (dúhitā)), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dúźʰHtā with syncope, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰúj́ʰHtā, from an earlier *dʰúǵʰHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰugh₂tḗr (“daughter”).
The Old Indo-Aryan word morphed unusually with metathesis of aspiration (compare বইন ~ বোন (boin ~ bōn), from Old Indo-Aryan *baghinī ~ bhaginī), deletion of the first vowel and lengthening of the second vowel in many Middle and New Indo-Aryan descendants, with additional palatalization (dh [dʰ] to jh [dźʰ]) in eastern (Magadhan), northwestern (Dardic), southwestern (Old Gujarati) and southern (Old Sinhalese) ones – indicating influence from a possibly pre-Vedic Indo-Aryan language (with loss of the first vowel and sporadic retention of the resulting cluster [dźʰ]; any way, causing the second vowel to be stressed and lengthened) or a non-Indo-European substrate.
Pronunciation
edit- (standard, Rarh, Varendra) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʱi/, [ˈd͡ʒʱiː], [ˈd͡ʒʱiˑ]
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- (Rarh) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʱi/, [ˈd͡ʒʱiˑ]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /dʑʱi/, [ˈdʑʱiː], [ˈdʑʱiˑ]
- (Vanga) IPA(key): /zi/, [ˈziː], [ˈziˑ], [ˈzʱiˑ]
Noun
editঝি • (jhi)
Declension
editInflection of ঝি | |||
nominative | ঝি jhi | ||
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objective | ঝিকে jhike | ||
genitive | ঝির jhir | ||
Indefinite forms | |||
nominative | ঝি jhi | ||
objective | ঝিকে jhike | ||
genitive | ঝির jhir | ||
Definite forms | |||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ঝিটা, ঝিটি jhiṭa (colloquial), jhiṭi (formal) |
ঝিরা jhira | |
objective | ঝিটাকে, ঝিটিকে jhiṭake (colloquial), jhiṭike (formal) |
ঝিদের(কে) jhider(ke) | |
genitive | ঝিটার, ঝিটির jhiṭar (colloquial), jhiṭir (formal) |
ঝিদের jhider | |
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). |
Derived terms
edit- ঝিকে মেরে বউকে শেখানো (jhike mere bouke śekhanō)
References
edit- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “ঝি”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
- Sen, Sukumar (1971) An Etymological Dictionary of Bengali: c. 1000-1800 A.D.[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Eastern Publishers, page 345.
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