ঠাঁই

Bengali

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀞𑀸𑀡 (ṭhāṇa), from Sanskrit स्थान (sthāna). Cognate with Chittagonian ঠাঁই (ṭai), Assamese ঠাই (thai), Maithili ठाम (ṭhām), Bhojpuri 𑂘𑂰𑂀𑂫 / ठाँव (ṭhā̃v), Romani than, Persian (-estân), English stay. Doublet of স্থান (sthan), স্তান (stan, “place”), থানা (thana, “police station”), থাকা (thaka, “to live, stay”), স্থল (sthol, “ground, land”), থালা (thala, “plate”), স্থাপন (sthapon, “placing”), স্থাপত্য (sthapotto, “architecture”), ঠিক (ṭhik, “correct, right”), ঠিকানা (ṭhikana, “place, address”) and স্থিত (sthito, “fixed, located”).

ঠাঁই • (ṭhãi)

space, place
Synonym: জায়গা (jaẏga)

অপরাধীর ঠাঁই নাই ― opradhir ṭhãi nai ― No place for the criminals.

indefinite forms
nominative	ঠাঁই (ṭhãi)
objective	ঠাঁই / ঠাঁইকে (ṭhãi (semantically general or indefinite) / ṭhãike (semantically definite))
genitive	ঠাঁইর (ṭhãir)
locative	ঠাঁইতে / ঠাঁইয় (ṭhãite / ṭhãiẏ)

definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	ঠাঁইটি , ঠাঁইটা (ṭhãiṭi, ṭhãiṭa)	ঠাঁইগুলি, ঠাঁইগুলা, ঠাঁইগুলো (ṭhãiguli, ṭhãigula, ṭhãigulō)
objective	ঠাঁইটি, ঠাঁইটা (ṭhãiṭi, ṭhãiṭa)	ঠাঁইগুলি, ঠাঁইগুলা, ঠাঁইগুলো (ṭhãiguli, ṭhãigula, ṭhãigulō)
genitive	ঠাঁইটির, ঠাঁইটার (ṭhãiṭir, ṭhãiṭar)	ঠাঁইগুলির, ঠাঁইগুলার, ঠাঁইগুলোর (ṭhãigulir, ṭhãigular, ṭhãigulōr)
locative	ঠাঁইটিতে, ঠাঁইটাতে, ঠাঁইটায় (ṭhãiṭite, ṭhãiṭate, ṭhãiṭaẏ)	ঠাঁইগুলিতে, ঠাঁইগুলাতে, ঠাঁইগুলায়, ঠাঁইগুলোতে (ṭhãigulite, ṭhãigulate, ṭhãigulaẏ, ṭhãigulōte)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).