Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Jehovah, based on Biblical Hebrew יהוה (IHVH). Doublet of ইয়াওয়ে (iẏaōẇe).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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যিহোবা (jihōba)

  1. Jehovah

Declension

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indefinite forms
nominative যিহোবা (jihōba)
objective যিহোবাকে (jihōbake)
genitive যিহোবার (jihōbar)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative যিহোবাটা, যিহোবাটি (jihōbaṭa (colloquial), jihōbaṭi (formal)) যিহোবারা (jihōbara)
objective যিহোবাটাকে, যিহোবাটিকে (jihōbaṭake (colloquial), jihōbaṭike (formal)) যিহোবাদের(কে) (jihōbader(ke))
genitive যিহোবাটার, যিহোবাটির (jihōbaṭar (colloquial), jihōbaṭir (formal)) যিহোবাদের (jihōbader)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

See also

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