আল

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit আৰা (ārā, “awl”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hā́raH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hā́raH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ólos (“awl”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /al/

Noun

আল • (al)

spur

Declension

Inflection of আল

	Indefinite forms	Definite forms
		numeral		non-numeral (plural)
		singular	plural	informal
absolutive	al	আলটো altü	আলকেইটা alkeita	আলবোৰ albür	আলবিলাক albilak
ergative	আলে ale	আলটোৱে altüe	আলকেইটাই alkeitai	আলবোৰে albüre	আলবিলাকে albilake
accusative	আলক alok	আলটোক altük	আলকেইটাক alkeitak	আলবোৰক albürok	আলবিলাকক albilakok
genitive	আলৰ alor	আলটোৰ altür	আলকেইটাৰ alkeitar	আলবোৰৰ albüror	আলবিলাকৰ albilakor
dative	আললৈ aloloi	আলটোলৈ altüloi	আলকেইটালৈ alkeitaloi	আলবোৰলৈ albüroloi	আলবিলাকলৈ albilakoloi
terminative	আললৈকে aloloike	আলটোলৈকে altüloike	আলকেইটালৈকে alkeitaloike	আলবোৰলৈকে albüroloike	আলবিলাকলৈকে albilakoloike
instrumental	আলেৰে alere	আলটোৰে altüre	আলকেইটাৰে alkeitare	আলবোৰেৰে albürere	আলবিলাকেৰে albilakere
locative	আলত alot	আলটোত altüt	আলকেইটাত alkeitat	আলবোৰত albürot	আলবিলাকত albilakot

Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀆𑀮𑁄𑀅 (āloa), from Sanskrit आलोक (āloka), from आ- (ā-) +‎ लोक (loka). Cognate with Odia ଆଳ (āḷa), ଆଳୁଅ (āḷua), Sinhalese අලුව (aluwa). Doublet of আলো (alō).

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /al/, [ˈaːl], [ˈal]

(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /al/, [ˈaːl], [ˈal]

Noun

আল • (al)

light; illumination