চাক

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Assamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

চাক
sak
honeycomb
জাৰ্মানী চাক
zarmanir sak.
A potter's wheel from Germany.

From Sanskrit চক্ৰ (cakra, circle), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čakrám, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos (circle, wheel). Cognate with Sylheti ꠌꠣꠇ (sax, beehive), Bengali চাক (cak, beehive), Nepali चाका (cākā, beehive).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

চাক (sak) (classifier -টো)

  1. hive, beehive
    Synonyms: মৌ-কোঁহ (mou-kü̃h), ঘৰা (rohghora), ৰহঘৰা (rohghora), মৌ-বিচনী (mou-bisoni)
  2. honeycomb
    Synonyms: মৌ-কোঁহ (mou-kü̃h), ঘৰা (rohghora), ৰহঘৰা (rohghora), মৌ-বিচনী (mou-bisoni)
  3. potter's wheel
    Synonym: আঠালি (athali)
Declension[edit]
Declension of চাক
nominative চাক / চাকে
sak / sake
genitive চাকৰ
sakor
nominative চাক / চাকে
sak / sake
accusative চাক / চাকক
sak / sakok
dative চাকলৈ
sakoloi
terminative চাকলৈকে
sakoloike
instrumental চাকে / চাকেৰে
sake / sakere
genitive চাকৰ
sakor
locative চাকত
sakot
Notes
Noun: Assamese nouns are indefinite. They can be both singular and plural depending on the context. They are made definite by using classifiers and plural suffixes which also make them either singular and plural.
Plural: The general plural suffixes are: -বোৰ (-bür) and -বিলাক (-bilak) (less common). Others which have specific functions include -সমূহ (-xomuh), -সকল (-xokol), -হঁত (-hõt) etc.
Nominative: The -এ (-e) suffix is used when the noun works as an agent and the verb is transitive.
Accusative: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise.
Dative 1: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Dative 2: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi).
Terminative: Vaguely -অলৈ (-oloi) can mark this case too.
Instrumental 1: -এ (-e) is unemphatic and -এৰে (-ere) is emphatic and more common.
Instrumental 2: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) is used instead of the default -এৰে (-ere) in Standard Assamese.
Locative: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in repetition of the word, with adverbs and days of the week.
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Assamese verb set
চাক (sak)
চাকা (saka)
চাকোৱা (saküa)
চাকোওৱা (saküüa)

Perhaps from Sanskrit চক্ষতি (cakṣati, to taste). Cognate Bengali চাখা (cakha), Hindi चखना (cakhnā).

Verb[edit]

চাক (sak) (transitive)

  1. to taste
    তুমি ডুৰিয়ান চাকিছানে কেতিয়াবা?
    tumi durian sakisane ketiaba?
    Have you ever tasted a durian?
    চাকি চা
    saki sa
    to check the taste
Conjugation[edit]