ফোড়া

Bengali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀨𑁄𑀟 (phoḍa), from Sanskrit স্ফোট (sphoṭa). Compare Assamese ফোৰা (phüra), Odia ଫୋରା (phorā), Hindustani پھوڑا / फोड़ा (phoṛā).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /foɽa/, [ˈfoɽaˑ], /foɾa/, [ˈfoɾaˑ]

Noun

ফোড়া • (phōṛa)

  1. (pathology) boil, furuncle, abscess

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative ফোড়া (phōṛa)
objective ফোড়া / ফোড়াকে (phōṛa (semantically general or indefinite) / phōṛake (semantically definite))
genitive ফোড়ার (phōṛar)
locative ফোড়াতে / ফোড়ায় (phōṛate / phōṛaẏ)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ফোড়াটি , ফোড়াটা (phōṛaṭi, phōṛaṭa) ফোড়াগুলি, ফোড়াগুলা, ফোড়াগুলো (phōṛaguli, phōṛagula, phōṛagulō)
objective ফোড়াটি, ফোড়াটা (phōṛaṭi, phōṛaṭa) ফোড়াগুলি, ফোড়াগুলা, ফোড়াগুলো (phōṛaguli, phōṛagula, phōṛagulō)
genitive ফোড়াটির, ফোড়াটার (phōṛaṭir, phōṛaṭar) ফোড়াগুলির, ফোড়াগুলার, ফোড়াগুলোর (phōṛagulir, phōṛagular, phōṛagulōr)
locative ফোড়াটিতে, ফোড়াটাতে, ফোড়াটায় (phōṛaṭite, phōṛaṭate, phōṛaṭaẏ) ফোড়াগুলিতে, ফোড়াগুলাতে, ফোড়াগুলায়, ফোড়াগুলোতে (phōṛagulite, phōṛagulate, phōṛagulaẏ, phōṛagulōte)
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) “ফোড়া”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, ফোড়া, Government of Bangladesh
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sphōṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press