গুঞ্জা

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गुञ्जा (guñjā). Doublet of কুঁচ (kũc).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɡund͡ʒa/, [ɡund͡ʒaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɡundʑa/, [ɡundʑaˑ]

Noun

গুঞ্জা • (gunja)

  1. jequirity bean, rosary pea, crab's eye (Abrus precatorius)

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative গুঞ্জা (gunja)
objective গুঞ্জা / গুঞ্জাকে (gunja (semantically general or indefinite) / gunjake (semantically definite))
genitive গুঞ্জার (gunjar)
locative গুঞ্জাতে / গুঞ্জায় (gunjate / gunjaẏ)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative গুঞ্জাটি , গুঞ্জাটা (gunjaṭi, gunjaṭa) গুঞ্জাগুলি, গুঞ্জাগুলা, গুঞ্জাগুলো (gunjaguli, gunjagula, gunjagulō)
objective গুঞ্জাটি, গুঞ্জাটা (gunjaṭi, gunjaṭa) গুঞ্জাগুলি, গুঞ্জাগুলা, গুঞ্জাগুলো (gunjaguli, gunjagula, gunjagulō)
genitive গুঞ্জাটির, গুঞ্জাটার (gunjaṭir, gunjaṭar) গুঞ্জাগুলির, গুঞ্জাগুলার, গুঞ্জাগুলোর (gunjagulir, gunjagular, gunjagulōr)
locative গুঞ্জাটিতে, গুঞ্জাটাতে, গুঞ্জাটায় (gunjaṭite, gunjaṭate, gunjaṭaẏ) গুঞ্জাগুলিতে, গুঞ্জাগুলাতে, গুঞ্জাগুলায়, গুঞ্জাগুলোতে (gunjagulite, gunjagulate, gunjagulaẏ, gunjagulōte)
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) “গুঞ্জা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]