গুণা

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گناه (gunāh), from Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (wnʾs /⁠wināh⁠/), 𐫇𐫏𐫗𐫀𐫍 (wynʾh /⁠wināh⁠/, sin, crime), ultimately from the Proto-Iranian preverb *vi- and the root *nas- (to disappear; to perish), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (to perish, to disappear).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɡuna/, [ɡunaˑ]

Noun

গুণা • (guṇa)

  1. archaic spelling of গুনাহ (gunah)
    মুমীন সবে গুণা করিমে ক্ষেমিব
    mumin śôber guṇa kôrime kkhemibô
    The Gracious will forgive the sins of all believers
    - Syed Alaol

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative গুণা (guṇa)
objective গুণা / গুণাকে (guṇa (semantically general or indefinite) / guṇake (semantically definite))
genitive গুণার (guṇar)
locative গুণাতে / গুণায় (guṇate / guṇaẏ)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative গুণাটি , গুণাটা (guṇaṭi, guṇaṭa) গুণাগুলি, গুণাগুলা, গুণাগুলো (guṇaguli, guṇagula, guṇagulō)
objective গুণাটি, গুণাটা (guṇaṭi, guṇaṭa) গুণাগুলি, গুণাগুলা, গুণাগুলো (guṇaguli, guṇagula, guṇagulō)
genitive গুণাটির, গুণাটার (guṇaṭir, guṇaṭar) গুণাগুলির, গুণাগুলার, গুণাগুলোর (guṇagulir, guṇagular, guṇagulōr)
locative গুণাটিতে, গুণাটাতে, গুণাটায় (guṇaṭite, guṇaṭate, guṇaṭaẏ) গুণাগুলিতে, গুণাগুলাতে, গুণাগুলায়, গুণাগুলোতে (guṇagulite, guṇagulate, guṇagulaẏ, guṇagulōte)
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) “গুণা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]