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Assamese verb set
পচ (pos)
পচা (posa)
পচোৱা (posüa)
পচোওৱা (posüüa)

Inherited from Sanskrit পচ্যতে (pacyate, to be cooked), from Sanskrit पच् (pac). Cognate with Sylheti ꠙꠌꠣ (fosa).

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পচা (posa)

  1. rotten, decayed
    Synonym: গেলা (gela)
    পচা কাঠposa kathrotten wood

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পচা (posa) (intransitive)

  1. to rot, decay
    Synonym: গেলা (gela)
    গছডাল পচিব݁ ধৰিছেgosdal posibo dhorise.The tree has begun to rot.

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Etymology edit

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit *𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀢𑀺 (*paccati), from Sanskrit पच्यते (pácyate, is cooked, is ripened), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *páćyatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *páčyatay, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷ-ye-ti. Cognate with Sylheti ꠙꠌꠣ (fosa), Assamese পচা (posa), Gujarati પચવું (pacvũ), Hindustani पचना (pacnā) / پَچْنَا (pacnā), Sindhi پَچَڻُ (pacaṇu), Punjabi ਪਚਣਾ (pacṇā), Marathi पचणे (pacṇe), Sinhalese පැසෙනවා (pæsenawā).

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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /pɔtɕa/, [ˈpɔtɕaˑ]
  • Hyphenation: প‧চা

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পচা (poca)

  1. (intransitive) to rot, putrefy, decompose
    মাছটা পচ্ছে
    machṭa pocche.
    The fish is rotting.

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পচা (poca) (comparative আরও পচা, superlative সবচেয়ে পচা)

  1. rotten, putrefied, decomposed
    এই পচা কলাগুলো আমি খেতে পারব না।
    ei pôca kôlagulo ami khete parbô na.
    I can't eat these rotten bananas.
  2. bad; ugly; disgusting
    কী পচা দেখতে মেয়েটি!
    ki poca dekhte meẏeṭi!
    What an ugly-looking girl!