মেহনত

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian محنت (mihnat).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /mehɔnot̪/, [ˈmehɔnot̪]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /mehɔnot̪/, [ˈmehɔnot̪]

Noun

মেহনত • (mehonot)

  1. toil
  2. (figurative) laborious effort or endeavour

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative মেহনত (mehnot)
objective মেহনত / মেহনতকে (mehnot (semantically general or indefinite) / mehnotke (semantically definite))
genitive মেহনতের (mehnoter)
locative মেহনতে (mehnote)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative মেহনতটা , মেহনতটি (mehnotṭa (colloquial), mehnotṭi (formal)) মেহনতগুলা, মেহনতগুলো (mehnotgula (colloquial), mehnotgulo (formal))
objective মেহনতটা, মেহনতটি (mehnotṭa (colloquial), mehnotṭi (formal)) মেহনতগুলা, মেহনতগুলো (mehnotgula (colloquial), mehnotgulo (formal))
genitive মেহনতটার, মেহনতটির (mehnotṭar (colloquial), mehnotṭir (formal)) মেহনতগুলার, মেহনতগুলোর (mehnotgular (colloquial), mehnotgulor (formal))
locative মেহনতটাতে / মেহনতটায়, মেহনতটিতে (mehnotṭate / mehnotṭay (colloquial), mehnotṭite (formal)) মেহনতগুলাতে / মেহনতগুলায়, মেহনতগুলোতে (mehnotgulate / mehnotgulay (colloquial), mehnotgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

  • মেহনতি (mehnoti)

References

  • Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “মেহনত”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]