পুচ্ছ

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit पुच्छ (puccha).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /put͡ʃʰːo/, [ˈput͡ʃʰːoˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /putɕʰːo/, [ˈputɕʰːoˑ]
  • (Vanga) IPA(key): /put̪sːɔ/, [ˈput̪sːɔˑ], [ˈɸusːɔˑ]

Noun

পুচ্ছ • (puccho)

  1. (anatomy) tail

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative পুচ্ছ (puccho)
objective পুচ্ছ / পুচ্ছকে (puccho (semantically general or indefinite) / pucchoke (semantically definite))
genitive পুচ্ছর (pucchor)
locative পুচ্ছতে / পুচ্ছয় (pucchote / pucchoẏ)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative পুচ্ছটি , পুচ্ছটা (pucchoṭi, pucchoṭa) পুচ্ছগুলি, পুচ্ছগুলা, পুচ্ছগুলো (pucchoguli, pucchogula, pucchogulō)
objective পুচ্ছটি, পুচ্ছটা (pucchoṭi, pucchoṭa) পুচ্ছগুলি, পুচ্ছগুলা, পুচ্ছগুলো (pucchoguli, pucchogula, pucchogulō)
genitive পুচ্ছটির, পুচ্ছটার (pucchoṭir, pucchoṭar) পুচ্ছগুলির, পুচ্ছগুলার, পুচ্ছগুলোর (pucchogulir, pucchogular, pucchogulōr)
locative পুচ্ছটিতে, পুচ্ছটাতে, পুচ্ছটায় (pucchoṭite, pucchoṭate, pucchoṭaẏ) পুচ্ছগুলিতে, পুচ্ছগুলাতে, পুচ্ছগুলায়, পুচ্ছগুলোতে (pucchogulite, pucchogulate, pucchogulaẏ, pucchogulōte)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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