Bengali edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit ভাব (bhāba). Compare Assamese ভাব (bhabo), Odia ଭାବ (bhabô), Hindustani بهاو / भाव (bhāv). Doublet of ভাও (bhaō).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bʱab/, [ˈbʱaːb], [ˈvab]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bʱab/, [ˈbʱaːb], [ˈvab]

Noun edit

ভাব (bhab)

  1. birth, origin
  2. existence, presence, essence
  3. shape
  4. intention
  5. state, condition
  6. mental state, mood
  7. nature
  8. love, attachment, friendship, amity
  9. acquaintance
    ভাব করাbhab korato make friends with, to make acquaintance with, to make peace with
  10. manner, mode
  11. significance, implication
  12. idea, abstract thought
  13. imagination
    Synonym: ভাবলোক (bhabolōk)
  14. meditation, cogitation
    Synonym: ভাবমগ্ন (bhabomogno)
  15. reverie, ecstasy
  16. emotion, an outburst of emotion
    Synonym: ভাবোদ্দীপন (bhabōddipon)

Declension edit

Inflection of ভাব
nominative ভাব
bhab
objective ভাব / ভাবকে
bhab (semantically general or indefinite) / bhabke (semantically definite)
genitive ভাবের
bhaber
locative ভাবে
bhabe
Indefinite forms
nominative ভাব
bhab
objective ভাব / ভাবকে
bhab (semantically general or indefinite) / bhabke (semantically definite)
genitive ভাবের
bhaber
locative ভাবে
bhabe
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative ভাবটা , ভাবটি
bhabṭa (colloquial), bhabṭi (formal)
ভাবগুলা, ভাবগুলো
bhabgula (colloquial), bhabgulo (formal)
objective ভাবটা, ভাবটি
bhabṭa (colloquial), bhabṭi (formal)
ভাবগুলা, ভাবগুলো
bhabgula (colloquial), bhabgulo (formal)
genitive ভাবটার, ভাবটির
bhabṭar (colloquial), bhabṭir (formal)
ভাবগুলার, ভাবগুলোর
bhabgular (colloquial), bhabgulor (formal)
locative ভাবটাতে / ভাবটায়, ভাবটিতে
bhabṭate / bhabṭay (colloquial), bhabṭite (formal)
ভাবগুলাতে / ভাবগুলায়, ভাবগুলোতে
bhabgulate / bhabgulay (colloquial), bhabgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “ভাব”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, ভাব, Government of Bangladesh
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhāvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press