বান্ধবী

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बान्धवी (bāndhavī), feminine form of बान्धव (bāndhava), vriddhi of बन्धु (bandhu).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /band̪ʱobi/, [ˈband̪ʱobiˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /band̪ʱobi/, [ˈband̪ʱobiˑ]
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Noun

বান্ধবী • (bandhobi)

  1. friend (female)
    1. girlfriend

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative বান্ধবী (bandhobi)
objective বান্ধবীকে (bandhobike)
genitive বান্ধবীর (bandhobir)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative বান্ধবীটা, বান্ধবীটি (bandhobiṭa (colloquial), bandhobiṭi (formal)) বান্ধবীরা (bandhobira)
objective বান্ধবীটাকে, বান্ধবীটিকে (bandhobiṭake (colloquial), bandhobiṭike (formal)) বান্ধবীদের(কে) (bandhobider(ke))
genitive বান্ধবীটার, বান্ধবীটির (bandhobiṭar (colloquial), bandhobiṭir (formal)) বান্ধবীদের (bandhobider)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

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