বুক

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बुक्क (bukka). Cognate with Sylheti ꠛꠥꠇ (buk), Assamese বুকু (buku), Odia ବୁକୁ (buku), Romani buko (“liver; lung”), Marathi बोका (bokā, “kidney; chest”), Sinhalese බොක්ක (bokka, “belly​”).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /buk/, [ˈbuːk], [ˈbuk]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /buk/, [ˈbuːk], [ˈbuk]

• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /buk/, [ˈbuk], [ˈbux]
• (Varendra) IPA^(key): /buk/, [ˈbuːk]

Noun

বুক • (buk)

1. chest, thorax, breast, bosom
2. (figurative) heart
3. (figurative) courage

Inflection

Inflection of বুক
nominative	বুক buk
objective	বুক / বুককে buk (semantically general or indefinite) / bukke (semantically definite)
genitive	বুকের buker
locative	বুকে buke
	Indefinite forms
nominative	বুক buk
objective	বুক / বুককে buk (semantically general or indefinite) / bukke (semantically definite)
genitive	বুকের buker
locative	বুকে buke
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	বুকটা , বুকটি bukṭa (colloquial), bukṭi (formal)		বুকগুলা, বুকগুলো bukgula (colloquial), bukgulo (formal)
objective	বুকটা, বুকটি bukṭa (colloquial), bukṭi (formal)		বুকগুলা, বুকগুলো bukgula (colloquial), bukgulo (formal)
genitive	বুকটার, বুকটির bukṭar (colloquial), bukṭir (formal)		বুকগুলার, বুকগুলোর bukgular (colloquial), bukgulor (formal)
locative	বুকটাতে / বুকটায়, বুকটিতে bukṭate / bukṭay (colloquial), bukṭite (formal)		বুকগুলাতে / বুকগুলায়, বুকগুলোতে bukgulate / bukgulay (colloquial), bukgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• বুক চিতানো (buk citanō)
• বুকখোলা (bukkhōla)
• বুকচেরা (bukcera)
• বুকঠোকা (bukṭhōka)
• বুকডন (bukoḍon)
• বুকপকেট (bukpokeṭ)
• বুকপাটা (bukpaṭa)
• বুকফাটা (bukphaṭa)
• বুকবাঁধা (bukbãdha)
• বুকভরা (bukbhora)
• বুকভাঙা (bukbhaṅa)
• বুকযুক্ত (bukojukto)