মোড়ল

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • মোড়োল (mōṛōl), মড়ল (moṛol), মরল (morol), মওল (moōl), মৌল (mōul)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀮𑀺 (maṃḍali), from Sanskrit मण्डलिन् (maṇḍalin, literally possessor of the territory), from मण्डल (maṇḍala, circle, group, territory) +‎ -इन् (-in, possessive suffix).[1][2] Doublet of মণ্ডল (monḍol).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /moɽol/, [ˈmoɽol], /moɾol/, [ˈmoɾol]

Noun

মোড়ল • (mōṛol)

  1. chief, headman of a village
  2. leader

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative মোড়ল (moṛôl)
objective মোড়লকে (moṛôl (semantically general or indefinite) / moṛôlke (semantically definite))
genitive মোড়লের (moṛôler)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative মোড়লটা, মোড়লটি (moṛôlṭa (colloquial), moṛôlṭi (formal)) মোড়লেরা (moṛôlera)
objective মোড়লটাকে, মোড়লটিকে (moṛôlṭake (colloquial), moṛôlṭike (formal)) মোড়লদের(কে) (moṛôlder(ke))
genitive মোড়লটার, মোড়লটির (moṛôlṭar (colloquial), moṛôlṭir (formal)) মোড়লদের (moṛôlder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

  1. ^ দাস, জ্ঞানেন্দ্রমোহন (1916) বাঙ্গলা ভাষার অভিধান (in Bengali), ইণ্ডিয়ান প্রেস & ইণ্ডিয়ান্ পাব্‌লিশিং হাউস্, page 1246
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “maṇḍalin”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 559