ঘোমটা

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *घुम्बपट्ट (*ghumbapaṭṭa), from *घुम्ब (*ghumba) +‎ पट्ट (paṭṭa). Cognate with Odia ଘୁମ୍ବଟା (ghumbaṭā), Nepali घुमटो (ghumaṭo), Gujarati ઘૂમટો (ghūmṭo), Hindi घूँघट (ghūṅghaṭ).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ɡʱomʈa/, [ɡʱomʈaˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ɡʱomta/, [ɡʱomtaˑ]

Noun

ঘোমটা • (ghōmṭa)

  1. head and face covering veil worn by women
    Synonyms: পর্দা (porda), আবরু (aboru), যবনিকা (jobnika), আবরণ (aboron), আচ্ছাদন (acchadon)

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative ঘোমটা (ghōmṭa)
objective ঘোমটা / ঘোমটাকে (ghōmṭa (semantically general or indefinite) / ghōmṭake (semantically definite))
genitive ঘোমটার (ghōmṭar)
locative ঘোমটাতে / ঘোমটায় (ghōmṭate / ghōmṭaẏ)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ঘোমটাটি , ঘোমটাটা (ghōmṭaṭi, ghōmṭaṭa) ঘোমটাগুলি, ঘোমটাগুলা, ঘোমটাগুলো (ghōmṭaguli, ghōmṭagula, ghōmṭagulō)
objective ঘোমটাটি, ঘোমটাটা (ghōmṭaṭi, ghōmṭaṭa) ঘোমটাগুলি, ঘোমটাগুলা, ঘোমটাগুলো (ghōmṭaguli, ghōmṭagula, ghōmṭagulō)
genitive ঘোমটাটির, ঘোমটাটার (ghōmṭaṭir, ghōmṭaṭar) ঘোমটাগুলির, ঘোমটাগুলার, ঘোমটাগুলোর (ghōmṭagulir, ghōmṭagular, ghōmṭagulōr)
locative ঘোমটাটিতে, ঘোমটাটাতে, ঘোমটাটায় (ghōmṭaṭite, ghōmṭaṭate, ghōmṭaṭaẏ) ঘোমটাগুলিতে, ঘোমটাগুলাতে, ঘোমটাগুলায়, ঘোমটাগুলোতে (ghōmṭagulite, ghōmṭagulate, ghōmṭagulaẏ, ghōmṭagulōte)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).