কুম্ভীর

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुम्बीर (kumbīra). Doublet of কুমীর (kumir).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kumbʱiɾ/, [ˈkumbʱiɾ], [ˈkumviɾ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kumbʱiɹ/, [ˈkumbʱiɹ], [ˈkumviɹ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /kumbʱiɾ/, [ˈkumβiɾ], [xumβiɹ]

Noun

কুম্ভীর • (kumbhir)

  1. crocodile
  2. alligator

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative কুম্ভীর (kumbhir)
objective কুম্ভীরকে (kumbhir (semantically general or indefinite) / kumbhirke (semantically definite))
genitive কুম্ভীরের (kumbhirer)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative কুম্ভীরটা, কুম্ভীরটি (kumbhirṭa (colloquial), kumbhirṭi (formal)) কুম্ভীরেরা (kumbhirera)
objective কুম্ভীরটাকে, কুম্ভীরটিকে (kumbhirṭake (colloquial), kumbhirṭike (formal)) কুম্ভীরদের(কে) (kumbhirder(ke))
genitive কুম্ভীরটার, কুম্ভীরটির (kumbhirṭar (colloquial), kumbhirṭir (formal)) কুম্ভীরদের (kumbhirder)
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) “কুম্ভীর”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]