বসবাস
Bengali
editEtymology
editFrom বসতি (bośoti) + আবাস (abaś), ultimately from Sanskrit বাস (bāsa, “residence, abode”). Compare Assamese বসবাস (boxobax), Odia ବସାବାସ (basābāsa).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editবসবাস • (bôsōbaś)
Declension
editInflection of বসবাস | |||
nominative | বসবাস bôsōbaś | ||
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objective | বসবাস / বসবাসকে bôsōbaś (semantically general or indefinite) / bôsōbaśke (semantically definite) | ||
genitive | বসবাসের bôsōbaśer | ||
locative | বসবাসে bôsōbaśe | ||
Indefinite forms | |||
nominative | বসবাস bôsōbaś | ||
objective | বসবাস / বসবাসকে bôsōbaś (semantically general or indefinite) / bôsōbaśke (semantically definite) | ||
genitive | বসবাসের bôsōbaśer | ||
locative | বসবাসে bôsōbaśe | ||
Definite forms | |||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | বসবাসটা , বসবাসটি bôsōbaśṭa (colloquial), bôsōbaśṭi (formal) |
বসবাসগুলা, বসবাসগুলো bôsōbaśgula (colloquial), bôsōbaśgulo (formal) | |
objective | বসবাসটা, বসবাসটি bôsōbaśṭa (colloquial), bôsōbaśṭi (formal) |
বসবাসগুলা, বসবাসগুলো bôsōbaśgula (colloquial), bôsōbaśgulo (formal) | |
genitive | বসবাসটার, বসবাসটির bôsōbaśṭar (colloquial), bôsōbaśṭir (formal) |
বসবাসগুলার, বসবাসগুলোর bôsōbaśgular (colloquial), bôsōbaśgulor (formal) | |
locative | বসবাসটাতে / বসবাসটায়, বসবাসটিতে bôsōbaśṭate / bôsōbaśṭay (colloquial), bôsōbaśṭite (formal) |
বসবাসগুলাতে / বসবাসগুলায়, বসবাসগুলোতে bôsōbaśgulate / bôsōbaśgulay (colloquial), bôsōbaśgulote (formal) | |
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke). |
Derived terms
edit- বসবাসকারী (bosbaskari)
References
edit- Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “বসবাস”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]