ফৌজদার

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فَوجْدَار (fawjdār). By surface analysis, ফৌজ (phōuj) +‎ -দার (-dar).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /fou̯d͡ʒɔd̪aɾ/, [ˈfou̯d͡ʒɔd̪aɾ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /fou̯dʑɔd̪aɹ/, [ˈfou̯dʑɔd̪aɹ]

Noun

ফৌজদার • (phōujodar)

  1. an army commander
  2. commissioner of police
  3. an officer-in charge of the police
  4. a district magistrate or a divisional commissioner
  5. a provincial governor

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative ফৌজদার (phōujodar)
objective ফৌজদারকে (phōujodar (semantically general or indefinite) / phōujodarke (semantically definite))
genitive ফৌজদারের (phōujodarer)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative ফৌজদারটা, ফৌজদারটি (phōujodarṭa (colloquial), phōujodarṭi (formal)) ফৌজদারেরা (phōujodarera)
objective ফৌজদারটাকে, ফৌজদারটিকে (phōujodarṭake (colloquial), phōujodarṭike (formal)) ফৌজদারদের(কে) (phōujodarder(ke))
genitive ফৌজদারটার, ফৌজদারটির (phōujodarṭar (colloquial), phōujodarṭir (formal)) ফৌজদারদের (phōujodarder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Further reading

More information
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “ফৌজ”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC, page 711.
  • Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “ফৌজদার”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC, page 1465.
  • Atindra Mojumder (1981) “ফৌজদার”, in Arabic, Persian and Turkish Words in Bengali Literature, Melbourne: University of Melbourne; republished 15 Shyama Charan Dey Street, Kolkata 700073: Ekush Shatak, 2012, page 322
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