মন্দতা

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • মন্দত্ব (mondotto)

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from মন্দ (mondo) +‎ -তা (-ta).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mɔnd̪ɔt̪a/, [ˈmɔnd̪ɔt̪aˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mɔnd̪ɔt̪a/, [ˈmɔnd̪ɔt̪aˑ]

Noun

মন্দতা • (mondota)

  1. slowness, sluggishness
  2. dimness, dullness
  3. poverty, impoverishment
  4. badness, wickedness, vileness, evil
  5. inferiority, adverseness, weakness
  6. illness, indisposition
  7. harshness, rudeness
  8. scantiness, smallness
  9. ugliness

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative মন্দতা (mondota)
objective মন্দতা / মন্দতাকে (mondota (semantically general or indefinite) / mondotake (semantically definite))
genitive মন্দতার (mondotar)
locative মন্দতাতে / মন্দতায় (mondotate / mondotaẏ)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative মন্দতাটি , মন্দতাটা (mondotaṭi, mondotaṭa) মন্দতাগুলি, মন্দতাগুলা, মন্দতাগুলো (mondotaguli, mondotagula, mondotagulō)
objective মন্দতাটি, মন্দতাটা (mondotaṭi, mondotaṭa) মন্দতাগুলি, মন্দতাগুলা, মন্দতাগুলো (mondotaguli, mondotagula, mondotagulō)
genitive মন্দতাটির, মন্দতাটার (mondotaṭir, mondotaṭar) মন্দতাগুলির, মন্দতাগুলার, মন্দতাগুলোর (mondotagulir, mondotagular, mondotagulōr)
locative মন্দতাটিতে, মন্দতাটাতে, মন্দতাটায় (mondotaṭite, mondotaṭate, mondotaṭaẏ) মন্দতাগুলিতে, মন্দতাগুলাতে, মন্দতাগুলায়, মন্দতাগুলোতে (mondotagulite, mondotagulate, mondotagulaẏ, mondotagulōte)
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) “মন্দ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, মন্দতা, Government of Bangladesh
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