উকিল

Assamese

Alternative forms

  • উকিলনী (ukiloni) (feminine, informal)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وکیل (wakīl), from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl). Cognate with Bengali উকিল (ukil).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /u.kil/

Noun

উকিল • (ukil)

  1. lawyer

Declension

(formal (classifier)):

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian وکیل (wakīl), from Arabic وَكِيل (wakīl). Cognate with Assamese উকিল (ukil), Hindustani وكيل / वकील (vakīl), Punjabi ਵਕੀਲ (vakīl), Malayalam വക്കീൽ (vakkīl).

Pronunciation

  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ukil/, [ˈukil]
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  • Rhymes: -ukil
  • Hyphenation: উ‧কি‧ল

Noun

উকিল • (ukil)

  1. lawyer, vakil
    তুই উকিল হতে পারিস।
    tui ukil hote paris.
    You can be a lawyer.

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative উকিল (ukil)
objective উকিলকে (ukil (semantically general or indefinite) / ukilke (semantically definite))
genitive উকিলের (ukiler)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative উকিলটা, উকিলটি (ukilṭa (colloquial), ukilṭi (formal)) উকিলেরা (ukilera)
objective উকিলটাকে, উকিলটিকে (ukilṭake (colloquial), ukilṭike (formal)) উকিলদের(কে) (ukilder(ke))
genitive উকিলটার, উকিলটির (ukilṭar (colloquial), ukilṭir (formal)) উকিলদের (ukilder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).