এলাচ

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • এলাচি (elaci)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit, likely from a palatalized velar variant of a Dravidian word, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *ēlV-kkāy (cardamom), or from another substrate. Compare Sylheti ꠄꠟꠣꠁꠌ (elais), Assamese ইলাচি (ilasi), Odia ଅଳେଇଚ (aḷeica), Hindustani الائچی / इलायची (ilāycī), Nepali अलैंची (alaiñcī).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /elat͡ʃ/, [ˈelat͡ʃ]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /elatɕ/, [ˈelatɕ]

Noun

এলাচ • (elac)

  1. (spice) cardamom, elaichi
  2. (botany) cardamom

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative এলাচ (elac)
objective এলাচ / এলাচকে (elac (semantically general or indefinite) / elacke (semantically definite))
genitive এলাচের (elacer)
locative এলাচে (elace)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative এলাচটা , এলাচটি (elacṭa (colloquial), elacṭi (formal)) এলাচগুলা, এলাচগুলো (elacgula (colloquial), elacgulo (formal))
objective এলাচটা, এলাচটি (elacṭa (colloquial), elacṭi (formal)) এলাচগুলা, এলাচগুলো (elacgula (colloquial), elacgulo (formal))
genitive এলাচটার, এলাচটির (elacṭar (colloquial), elacṭir (formal)) এলাচগুলার, এলাচগুলোর (elacgular (colloquial), elacgulor (formal))
locative এলাচটাতে / এলাচটায়, এলাচটিতে (elacṭate / elacṭay (colloquial), elacṭite (formal)) এলাচগুলাতে / এলাচগুলায়, এলাচগুলোতে (elacgulate / elacgulay (colloquial), elacgulote (formal))
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) “এলাচ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, এলাচ, Government of Bangladesh