দুঃখ

See also: দেখা and দুখ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit দুঃখ (duḥkha), a Prakritism from earlier दुःस्थ (duḥstha, poor), from दुस्- (dus-, bad) + स्था (sthā, to stand). Cognate with Assamese দুখ (dukh), Odia ଦୁଃଖ (duḥkha), Hindustani دکھ / दुःख (duḥkh), Nepali दुःख (duḥkh), Gujarati દુઃખ (duḥkha), English dukkha. Doublet of দুখ (dukh).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /d̪ukʰːo/, [ˈd̪ukʰːoˑ], /d̪uhkʰo/, [ˈd̪uhkʰoˑ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /d̪ukʰːo/, [ˈd̪ukʰːoˑ], /d̪uhkʰo/, [ˈd̪uhkʰoˑ]
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Noun

দুঃখ • (dukkho)

  1. sorrow, grief, pain, regret
    দুঃখ করাdukkho korato regret, grieve, suffer pain, be in distress
    দুঃখ দেওয়াdukkho deōẇato cause regret, to grieve, to afflict, pain, distress
    দুঃখে পড়াdukkhe poṛato run into trouble, to encounter distress
  2. pain, inflammation

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative দুঃখ (dukkho)
objective দুঃখ / দুঃখকে (dukkho (semantically general or indefinite) / dukkhoke (semantically definite))
genitive দুঃখের (dukkher)
locative দুঃখে (dukkhe)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative দুঃখটি, দুঃখটা (dukkhoṭi, dukkhoṭa) দুঃখগুলি, দুঃখগুলা, দুঃখগুলো (dukkhoguli, dukkhogula, dukkhogulō)
objective দুঃখটি, দুঃখটা (dukkhoṭi, dukkhoṭa) দুঃখগুলি, দুঃখগুলা, দুঃখগুলো (dukkhoguli, dukkhogula, dukkhogulō)
genitive দুঃখটির, দুঃখটার (dukkhoṭir, dukkhoṭar) দুঃখগুলির, দুঃখগুলার, দুঃখগুলোর (dukkhogulir, dukkhogular, dukkhogulōr)
locative দুঃখটিতে, দুঃখটাতে, দুঃখটায় (dukkhoṭite, dukkhoṭate, dukkhoṭaẏ) দুঃখগুলিতে, দুঃখগুলাতে, দুঃখগুলায়, দুঃখগুলোতে (dukkhogulite, dukkhogulate, dukkhogulaẏ, dukkhogulōte)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

  • দুঃখকর (dukkhokor)
  • দুঃখজনক (dukkhojonok)
  • দুঃখদ (dukkhod)
  • দুঃখদায়ক (dukkhodaẏok)
  • দুঃখদায়ী (dukkhodaẏi)
  • দুঃখদারিদ্র (dukkhodaridro)
  • দুঃখপ্রদ (dukkhoprod)
  • দুঃখবাদ (dukkhobad)
  • দুঃখবাদী (dukkhobadi)
  • দুঃখভাগী (dukkhobhagi)
  • দুঃখভোগ (dukkhobhōg)
  • দুঃখময় (dukkhomoẏ)
  • দুঃখমোচন (dukkhomōcon)
  • দুঃখসহিষ্ণু (dukkhośohiśnu)
  • দুঃখসাগর (dukkhośagor)
  • দুঃখহর (dukkhohor)
  • দুঃখহারী (dukkhohari)

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “দুঃখ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, দুঃখ, Government of Bangladesh