সকাল

See also: স্কুল

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सकाल (sakāla, seasonable, opportune, timely), from स- (sa-, adjectival prefix) +‎ काल (kāla, time); regarding the semantics, the morning is considered as an important time for various Hindu practices. Cognate with Odia ସକାଳ (sakāḷa), Marathi सकाळ (sakāḷ) and Konkani सकाळ (sakāḷ).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ʃɔkal/, [ˈʃɔkal]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ʃɔkal/, [ˈʃɔkal]
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Noun

সকাল • (śokal)

  1. morning
    Antonym: বিকাল (bikal)

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative সকাল (sokal)
objective সকাল / সকালকে (sokal (semantically general or indefinite) / sokalke (semantically definite))
genitive সকালের (sokaler)
locative সকালে (sokale)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative সকালটা , সকালটি (sokalṭa (colloquial), sokalṭi (formal)) সকালগুলা, সকালগুলো (sokalgula (colloquial), sokalgulo (formal))
objective সকালটা, সকালটি (sokalṭa (colloquial), sokalṭi (formal)) সকালগুলা, সকালগুলো (sokalgula (colloquial), sokalgulo (formal))
genitive সকালটার, সকালটির (sokalṭar (colloquial), sokalṭir (formal)) সকালগুলার, সকালগুলোর (sokalgular (colloquial), sokalgulor (formal))
locative সকালটাতে / সকালটায়, সকালটিতে (sokalṭate / sokalṭay (colloquial), sokalṭite (formal)) সকালগুলাতে / সকালগুলায়, সকালগুলোতে (sokalgulate / sokalgulay (colloquial), sokalgulote (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) “সকাল”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
  • Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, সকাল, Government of Bangladesh