চাতক

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit চাতক (cātaka).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t͡ʃat̪ok/, [ˈt͡ʃat̪ok]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /tɕat̪ok/, [ˈtɕat̪ok]

Noun

চাতক • (catok)

  1. Jacobin or pied cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), considered a rainbird in South Asia due to its arrival before the monsoon
    1. a desirer of hard-to-achieve or rare things (like how the pied cuckoo is said to desire the relatively rarely coming raindrops).
      চাতক প্রায় অহর্নিশি
      চেয়ে আছে কালো শশী।
      catok praẏ ohorniśi
      ceẏe ache kalō śośi.
      The desirer almost day and night
      desires the black moon [spiritual enlightenment].
      —Lalon Fakir

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative চাতক (catok)
objective চাতককে (catok (semantically general or indefinite) / catokke (semantically definite))
genitive চাতকের (catoker)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative চাতকটা, চাতকটি (catokṭa (colloquial), catokṭi (formal)) চাতকেরা (catokera)
objective চাতকটাকে, চাতকটিকে (catokṭake (colloquial), catokṭike (formal)) চাতকদের(কে) (catokder(ke))
genitive চাতকটার, চাতকটির (catokṭar (colloquial), catokṭir (formal)) চাতকদের (catokder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).
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