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Etymology

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Inherited from Early Assamese মানুষ (manuṣo), from Sanskrit মনুষ্য (manuṣya). Cognate with Sylheti ꠝꠣꠘꠥ (manu), Bengali মানুষ (manuś).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.nuʱ/, /man.ɦu/

Noun

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মানুহ (manuh)

  1. human, person
  2. people

Declension

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  • Note: For males, the classifiers -টো (-tü) and -জন (-zon) are generally used. -টো (-tü) is informal and -জন (-zon) is formal or normal.
For females, the classifier -জনী (-zoni) is generally used and it's normal.
The classifier -গৰাকী (-goraki) is used for both male and female and it's very polite.
When the classsifiers are used, the words usually mean adult humans and are translated as "the person" or "the man/woman" in case of gender-specific classifiers.

Masculine:

Feminine:

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Bengali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣya). Doublet of মিনসে (minośe) and মনিষ (moniś).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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মানুহ (manuh) (Vanga)

  1. person, human
    যে মানুহ অইব, হে কি ওই কুকাম করবার পারে নিহি?
    ze manuh ôibô, he ki oi kukam kôrbar pare nihi?
    Whoever is going to be a (good) person, can he commit such wrongdoings or what?
  2. adult human
  3. man

Derived terms

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