বাঁচন

Bengali

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit ৱঞ্চ্ (vañc, “to move crookedly”); related to বাঁচাও (bãcaō).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bãt͡ʃɔn/, [ˈbãt͡ʃɔn]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /batɕɔn/, [ˈbatɕɔn]

Noun

বাঁচন • (bãcon)

  1. living, keeping alive, subsisting
    প্রাণধারণ আমাদের মরণ বাঁচন সবই তাঁর হাতে
    prandharon amader moron bãcon śoboi tãr hate
    Our life and death are all in his hands.
  2. resuscitation, revival
  3. rescue, relief
  4. living conditions

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative বাঁচন (bãcon)
objective বাঁচন / বাঁচনকে (bãcon (semantically general or indefinite) / bãconke (semantically definite))
genitive বাঁচনের (bãconer)
locative বাঁচনে (bãcone)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative বাঁচনটা , বাঁচনটি (bãconṭa (colloquial), bãconṭi (formal)) বাঁচনগুলা, বাঁচনগুলো (bãcongula (colloquial), bãcongulo (formal))
objective বাঁচনটা, বাঁচনটি (bãconṭa (colloquial), bãconṭi (formal)) বাঁচনগুলা, বাঁচনগুলো (bãcongula (colloquial), bãcongulo (formal))
genitive বাঁচনটার, বাঁচনটির (bãconṭar (colloquial), bãconṭir (formal)) বাঁচনগুলার, বাঁচনগুলোর (bãcongular (colloquial), bãcongulor (formal))
locative বাঁচনটাতে / বাঁচনটায়, বাঁচনটিতে (bãconṭate / bãconṭay (colloquial), bãconṭite (formal)) বাঁচনগুলাতে / বাঁচনগুলায়, বাঁচনগুলোতে (bãcongulate / bãcongulay (colloquial), bãcongulote (formal))
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) “বাঁচন”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, বাঁচন, Bengali-English Dictionary, Government of Bangladesh
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