ছাগল

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit छागल (chāgala), vriddhi derivative of Sanskrit छगल (chagala, goat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃʰaɡol/, [ˈt͡ʃʰaɡol]
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Noun

ছাগল • (chagol)

  1. goat
    বাবলু ভাই এই ঈদে একটি ছাগল জবাই দিয়েছেন।
    babolu bhai ei ide ekṭi chagol jobai diẏechen.
    Bablu has sacrificed a goat in this Eid.
    (literally, “Brother Bablu has given a goat slaughter in this Eid.”)
  2. (derogatory) fool, idiot, moron
    এই ছাগলটি একটি সামান্য কাম করতে পারেনি।
    ei chagolṭi ekṭi śamanno kam korote pareni.
    This moron couldn’t do a simple job.

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative ছাগল (chagol)
objective ছাগলকে (chagol (semantically general or indefinite) / chagolke (semantically definite))
genitive ছাগলের (chagoler)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ছাগলটা, ছাগলটি (chagolṭa (colloquial), chagolṭi (formal)) ছাগলেরা (chagolera)
objective ছাগলটাকে, ছাগলটিকে (chagolṭake (colloquial), chagolṭike (formal)) ছাগলদের(কে) (chagolder(ke))
genitive ছাগলটার, ছাগলটির (chagolṭar (colloquial), chagolṭir (formal)) ছাগলদের (chagolder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).