কয়েথ

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀓𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞 (kaïṭṭha, “wood apple”), from Sanskrit কপিত্থ (kapittha).[1] Doublet of কপিত্থ (kopittho). Compare Odia କଇଥ (kaitha), Nepali कैँथ् (ka͠ith), Hindi कैथ (kaith), Gujarati કૌઠ (kauṭh), Punjabi ਕੈਂਥ (kainth).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kɔet̪ʰ/, [ˈkɔet̪]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kɔet̪ʰ/, [ˈkɔet̪]

Noun

কয়েথ • (koẏeth)

  1. wood apple, elephant apple (Limonia acidissima, syn. Feronia elephantum)
    Synonyms: কপিত্থ (kopittho), কপীষ্ট (kopiśṭo), মঙ্গল্য (moṅgollo)

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative কয়েথ (koẏetho)
objective কয়েথ / কয়েথকে (koẏetho (semantically general or indefinite) / koẏethoke (semantically definite))
genitive কয়েথের (koẏether)
locative কয়েথে (koẏethe)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative কয়েথটি, কয়েথটা (koẏethoṭi, koẏethoṭa) কয়েথগুলি, কয়েথগুলা, কয়েথগুলো (koẏethoguli, koẏethogula, koẏethogulō)
objective কয়েথটি, কয়েথটা (koẏethoṭi, koẏethoṭa) কয়েথগুলি, কয়েথগুলা, কয়েথগুলো (koẏethoguli, koẏethogula, koẏethogulō)
genitive কয়েথটির, কয়েথটার (koẏethoṭir, koẏethoṭar) কয়েথগুলির, কয়েথগুলার, কয়েথগুলোর (koẏethogulir, koẏethogular, koẏethogulōr)
locative কয়েথটিতে, কয়েথটাতে, কয়েথটায় (koẏethoṭite, koẏethoṭate, koẏethoṭaẏ) কয়েথগুলিতে, কয়েথগুলাতে, কয়েথগুলায়, কয়েথগুলোতে (koẏethogulite, koẏethogulate, koẏethogulaẏ, koẏethogulōte)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kapittha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 138
  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “kaẏatha,%20kaẏetha”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
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