Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit দান (dāna). Cognate with Assamese দান (dan), Odia ଦାନ (danô), Hindi दान (dān).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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দান (dan)

  1. act of giving, and of giving away
  2. award, gift
  3. charitable giving
  4. act of giving in marriage
  5. offering, sacrifice, dedication, contribution

Declension

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Inflection of দান
nominative দান
dan
objective দান / দানকে
dan (semantically general or indefinite) / danke (semantically definite)
genitive দানের
daner
locative দানে
dane
Indefinite forms
nominative দান
dan
objective দান / দানকে
dan (semantically general or indefinite) / danke (semantically definite)
genitive দানের
daner
locative দানে
dane
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative দানটা , দানটি
danṭa (colloquial), danṭi (formal)
দানগুলা, দানগুলো
dangula (colloquial), dangulo (formal)
objective দানটা, দানটি
danṭa (colloquial), danṭi (formal)
দানগুলা, দানগুলো
dangula (colloquial), dangulo (formal)
genitive দানটার, দানটির
danṭar (colloquial), danṭir (formal)
দানগুলার, দানগুলোর
dangular (colloquial), dangulor (formal)
locative দানটাতে / দানটায়, দানটিতে
danṭate / danṭay (colloquial), danṭite (formal)
দানগুলাতে / দানগুলায়, দানগুলোতে
dangulate / dangulay (colloquial), dangulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “দান”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, দান, Government of Bangladesh