Bengali

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit পাঠ (pāṭha). Compare Assamese পাঠ (path), Odia ପାଠ (pāṭha), Nepali पाठ (pāṭh), Hindustani پاٹهـ / पाठ (pāṭh), Punjabi ਪਾਠ (pāṭh).

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /paʈʰ/, [ˈpaːʈ], [ˈpaʈ]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /patʰ/, [ˈpatʰ]

Noun

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পাঠ (paṭh)

  1. reading, study
  2. lesson
  3. recitation, reading of text

Declension

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Inflection of পাঠ
nominative পাঠ
paṭh
objective পাঠ / পাঠকে
paṭh (semantically general or indefinite) / paṭhke (semantically definite)
genitive পাঠের
paṭher
locative পাঠে
paṭhe
Indefinite forms
nominative পাঠ
paṭh
objective পাঠ / পাঠকে
paṭh (semantically general or indefinite) / paṭhke (semantically definite)
genitive পাঠের
paṭher
locative পাঠে
paṭhe
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative পাঠটা , পাঠটি
paṭhṭa (colloquial), paṭhṭi (formal)
পাঠগুলা, পাঠগুলো
paṭhgula (colloquial), paṭhgulo (formal)
objective পাঠটা, পাঠটি
paṭhṭa (colloquial), paṭhṭi (formal)
পাঠগুলা, পাঠগুলো
paṭhgula (colloquial), paṭhgulo (formal)
genitive পাঠটার, পাঠটির
paṭhṭar (colloquial), paṭhṭir (formal)
পাঠগুলার, পাঠগুলোর
paṭhgular (colloquial), paṭhgulor (formal)
locative পাঠটাতে / পাঠটায়, পাঠটিতে
paṭhṭate / paṭhṭay (colloquial), paṭhṭite (formal)
পাঠগুলাতে / পাঠগুলায়, পাঠগুলোতে
paṭhgulate / paṭhgulay (colloquial), paṭhgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

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References

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