Bengali

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ৱংশ (vaṃśa). Compare Assamese বংশ (boṅxo), Odia ବଂଶ (baṁśa), Hindustani بانس / वंश (vañś). Doublet of বাঁশ (bãś).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bɔŋʃo/, [ˈbɔŋʃoˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bɔŋʃo/, [ˈbɔŋʃoˑ]

Noun

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বংশ (boṅśo)

  1. race, family line, lineage, clan
    Synonym: কুল (kul)
  2. seed, progeny, descendants, posterity
  3. (literary) bamboo
    Synonym: বাঁশ (bãś)

Declension

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Inflection of বংশ
nominative বংশ
bôṅśô
objective বংশ / বংশকে
bôṅśo (semantically general or indefinite) / bôṅśoke (semantically definite)
genitive বংশের
bôṅśer
locative বংশে
bôṅśe
Indefinite forms
nominative বংশ
bôṅśô
objective বংশ / বংশকে
bôṅśo (semantically general or indefinite) / bôṅśoke (semantically definite)
genitive বংশের
bôṅśer
locative বংশে
bôṅśe
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative বংশটি, বংশটা
bôṅśôṭi, bôṅśôṭa
বংশগুলি, বংশগুলা, বংশগুলো
bôṅśoguli, bôṅśogula, bôṅśogulō
objective বংশটি, বংশটা
bôṅśôṭi, bôṅśôṭa
বংশগুলি, বংশগুলা, বংশগুলো
bôṅśoguli, bôṅśogula, bôṅśogulō
genitive বংশটির, বংশটার
bôṅśoṭir, bôṅśoṭar
বংশগুলির, বংশগুলার, বংশগুলোর
bôṅśogulir, bôṅśogular, bôṅśogulōr
locative বংশটিতে, বংশটাতে, বংশটায়
bôṅśoṭite, bôṅśoṭate, bôṅśoṭaẏ
বংশগুলিতে, বংশগুলাতে, বংশগুলায়, বংশগুলোতে
bôṅśogulite, bôṅśogulate, bôṅśogulaẏ, bôṅśogulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

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References

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