তুলো

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तूल (tūla). Cognate with Sindhi तूल (tōl, bolster pillow).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /t̪ulo/, [ˈt̪uloˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /t̪ulo/, [ˈt̪uloˑ]
  • Rhymes: -ulo
  • Homophone: তুলো (tulō, second-person familiar future imperative of তোলা (tōla, to lift))
  • Hyphenation: তু‧লো

Noun

তুলো • (tulō)

  1. cotton

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative তুলো (tulo)
objective তুলো / তুলোকে (tulo (semantically general or indefinite) / tuloke (semantically definite))
genitive তুলোর (tulor)
locative তুলোতে / তুলোয় (tulote / tuloẏ)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative তুলোটি , তুলোটা (tuloṭi, tuloṭa) তুলোগুলি, তুলোগুলা, তুলোগুলো (tuloguli, tulogula, tulogulō)
objective তুলোটি, তুলোটা (tuloṭi, tuloṭa) তুলোগুলি, তুলোগুলা, তুলোগুলো (tuloguli, tulogula, tulogulō)
genitive তুলোটির, তুলোটার (tuloṭir, tuloṭar) তুলোগুলির, তুলোগুলার, তুলোগুলোর (tulogulir, tulogular, tulogulōr)
locative তুলোটিতে, তুলোটাতে, তুলোটায় (tuloṭite, tuloṭate, tuloṭaẏ) তুলোগুলিতে, তুলোগুলাতে, তুলোগুলায়, তুলোগুলোতে (tulogulite, tulogulate, tulogulaẏ, tulogulōte)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).