অছি

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • ওছি (ōchi)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وَصِی (wasī). Doublet of অসিয়ত (ośiẏot).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɔt͡ʃʰi/, [ˈɔt͡ʃʰiˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɔtɕʰi/, [ˈɔtɕʰiˑ]
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  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /ɔsi/, [ˈɔsiˑ], [ˈɔsiˑ]

Noun

অছি • (ochi)

  1. guardian, administrator, executor, trustee

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative অছি (ochi)
objective অছিকে (ochike)
genitive অছির (ochir)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative অছিটা, অছিটি (ochiṭa (colloquial), ochiṭi (formal)) অছিরা (ochira)
objective অছিটাকে, অছিটিকে (ochiṭake (colloquial), ochiṭike (formal)) অছিদের(কে) (ochider(ke))
genitive অছিটার, অছিটির (ochiṭar (colloquial), ochiṭir (formal)) অছিদের (ochider)
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) “অছি”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, “অছি, ওছি” Bengali-Bengali, Government of Bangladesh