Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَنَة (sana), from Proto-Semitic *šanat-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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সন (śon)

  1. year, calendar year
    Synonym: সাল (śal)
    বাংলা সনbaṅla śonBengali calendar
    তিন সন ইজাফা দিয়াছি রাজকরে
    tin śon ijapha diẏachi rajkore.
    I gave three years extra towards the royal tax.
    - Ghanaram Chakrabarty

Declension

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Inflection of সন
nominative সন
śôn
objective সন / সনকে
śôn (semantically general or indefinite) / śônke (semantically definite)
genitive সনের
śôner
locative সনে
śône
Indefinite forms
nominative সন
śôn
objective সন / সনকে
śôn (semantically general or indefinite) / śônke (semantically definite)
genitive সনের
śôner
locative সনে
śône
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative সনটা , সনটি
śônṭa (colloquial), śônṭi (formal)
সনগুলা, সনগুলো
śôngula (colloquial), śôngulo (formal)
objective সনটা, সনটি
śônṭa (colloquial), śônṭi (formal)
সনগুলা, সনগুলো
śôngula (colloquial), śôngulo (formal)
genitive সনটার, সনটির
śônṭar (colloquial), śônṭir (formal)
সনগুলার, সনগুলোর
śôngular (colloquial), śôngulor (formal)
locative সনটাতে / সনটায়, সনটিতে
śônṭate / śônṭay (colloquial), śônṭite (formal)
সনগুলাতে / সনগুলায়, সনগুলোতে
śôngulate / śôngulay (colloquial), śôngulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

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References

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  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “সন”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, “সন” Bengali-English, Government of Bangladesh
  • Accessible Dictionary, “সন” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh