কোকিল

See also: কোয়েল and কাওয়া

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the male bird's mating cry. Cognate with Assamese কুলি (kuli).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kokil/, [ˈkokil]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kokil/, [ˈkokil]

Noun

কোকিল • (kōkil)

  1. cuckoo

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative কোকিল (kōkil)
objective কোকিলকে (kōkil (semantically general or indefinite) / kōkilke (semantically definite))
genitive কোকিলের (kōkiler)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative কোকিলটা, কোকিলটি (kōkilṭa (colloquial), kōkilṭi (formal)) কোকিলেরা (kōkilera)
objective কোকিলটাকে, কোকিলটিকে (kōkilṭake (colloquial), kōkilṭike (formal)) কোকিলদের(কে) (kōkilder(ke))
genitive কোকিলটার, কোকিলটির (kōkilṭar (colloquial), kōkilṭir (formal)) কোকিলদের (kōkilder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).