তুলসী

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तुलसी (tulasī), from Proto-Dravidian *tulacV.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t̪ulʃi/, [ˈt̪ulʃiˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /t̪ulʃi/, [ˈt̪ulʃiˑ]
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Noun

তুলসী • (tulśi)

  1. holy basil, Ocimum tenuiflorum

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative তুলসী (tulśi)
objective তুলসী / তুলসীকে (tulśi (semantically general or indefinite) / tulśike (semantically definite))
genitive তুলসীর (tulśir)
locative তুলসীতে / তুলসীয় (tulśite / tulśiẏ)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative তুলসীটি , তুলসীটা (tulśiṭi, tulśiṭa) তুলসীগুলি, তুলসীগুলা, তুলসীগুলো (tulśiguli, tulśigula, tulśigulō)
objective তুলসীটি, তুলসীটা (tulśiṭi, tulśiṭa) তুলসীগুলি, তুলসীগুলা, তুলসীগুলো (tulśiguli, tulśigula, tulśigulō)
genitive তুলসীটির, তুলসীটার (tulśiṭir, tulśiṭar) তুলসীগুলির, তুলসীগুলার, তুলসীগুলোর (tulśigulir, tulśigular, tulśigulōr)
locative তুলসীটিতে, তুলসীটাতে, তুলসীটায় (tulśiṭite, tulśiṭate, tulśiṭaẏ) তুলসীগুলিতে, তুলসীগুলাতে, তুলসীগুলায়, তুলসীগুলোতে (tulśigulite, tulśigulate, tulśigulaẏ, tulśigulōte)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “তুলসী”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
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