Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पुच्छ (puccha).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /put͡ʃʰːo/, [ˈput͡ʃʰːoˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /putɕʰːo/, [ˈputɕʰːoˑ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /put̪sːɔ/, [ˈput̪sːɔˑ], [ˈɸusːɔˑ]

Noun

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পুচ্ছ (puccho)

  1. (anatomy) tail

Inflection

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Inflection of পুচ্ছ
nominative পুচ্ছ
puccho
objective পুচ্ছ / পুচ্ছকে
puccho (semantically general or indefinite) / pucchoke (semantically definite)
genitive পুচ্ছর
pucchor
locative পুচ্ছতে / পুচ্ছয়
pucchote / pucchoẏ
Indefinite forms
nominative পুচ্ছ
puccho
objective পুচ্ছ / পুচ্ছকে
puccho (semantically general or indefinite) / pucchoke (semantically definite)
genitive পুচ্ছর
pucchor
locative পুচ্ছতে / পুচ্ছয়
pucchote / pucchoẏ
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative পুচ্ছটি , পুচ্ছটা
pucchoṭi, pucchoṭa
পুচ্ছগুলি, পুচ্ছগুলা, পুচ্ছগুলো
pucchoguli, pucchogula, pucchogulō
objective পুচ্ছটি, পুচ্ছটা
pucchoṭi, pucchoṭa
পুচ্ছগুলি, পুচ্ছগুলা, পুচ্ছগুলো
pucchoguli, pucchogula, pucchogulō
genitive পুচ্ছটির, পুচ্ছটার
pucchoṭir, pucchoṭar
পুচ্ছগুলির, পুচ্ছগুলার, পুচ্ছগুলোর
pucchogulir, pucchogular, pucchogulōr
locative পুচ্ছটিতে, পুচ্ছটাতে, পুচ্ছটায়
pucchoṭite, pucchoṭate, pucchoṭaẏ
পুচ্ছগুলিতে, পুচ্ছগুলাতে, পুচ্ছগুলায়, পুচ্ছগুলোতে
pucchogulite, pucchogulate, pucchogulaẏ, pucchogulōte
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) “পুচ্ছ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]