সহচর

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit সহচর (sahacara). Compare Assamese সহচৰ (xohosor), Odia ସହଚର (sahacara), Hindustani سهچر / सहचर (sahcar).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ʃɔhot͡ʃɔɾ/, [ˈʃɔhot͡ʃɔɾ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ʃɔhotɕɔɹ/, [ˈʃɔhotɕɔɹ]

Noun

সহচর • (śohocor) (feminine সহচরী (śohcori))

1. companion, associate

Declension

Inflection of সহচর
nominative	সহচর śôhōcôr
objective	সহচরকে śôhōcôr (semantically general or indefinite) / śôhōcôrke (semantically definite)
genitive	সহচরের śôhōcôrer
	Indefinite forms
nominative	সহচর śôhōcôr
objective	সহচরকে śôhōcôr (semantically general or indefinite) / śôhōcôrke (semantically definite)
genitive	সহচরের śôhōcôrer
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	সহচরটা, সহচরটি śôhōcôrṭa (colloquial), śôhōcôrṭi (formal)		সহচরেরা śôhōcôrera
objective	সহচরটাকে, সহচরটিকে śôhōcôrṭake (colloquial), śôhōcôrṭike (formal)		সহচরদের(কে) śôhōcôrder(ke)
genitive	সহচরটার, সহচরটির śôhōcôrṭar (colloquial), śôhōcôrṭir (formal)		সহচরদের śôhōcôrder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “sahakārī,%20sahaga,%20sahagāmī,%20sahacara”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]