বন্ধু

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See also: বন্ধ

Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit बन्धु (bandhu). Compare Assamese বন্ধু (bondhu), Odia ବନ୍ଧୁ (bôndhu), Hindustani بندهو / बन्धु (bandhu).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /bond̪ʱu/, [ˈbond̪ʱuˑ]
    (file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /bond̪ʱu/, [ˈbond̪ʱuˑ]
    (file)

Noun[edit]

বন্ধু (bondhu)

  1. friend
    Hyponyms: বান্ধব (bandhob, (male)), বান্ধবী (bandhobi, (female))

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of বন্ধু
nominative বন্ধু
bondhu
objective বন্ধুকে
bondhuke
genitive বন্ধুর
bondhur
Indefinite forms
nominative বন্ধু
bondhu
objective বন্ধুকে
bondhuke
genitive বন্ধুর
bondhur
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative বন্ধুটা, বন্ধুটি
bondhuṭa (colloquial), bondhuṭi (formal)
বন্ধুরা
bondhura
objective বন্ধুটাকে, বন্ধুটিকে
bondhuṭake (colloquial), bondhuṭike (formal)
বন্ধুদের(কে)
bondhuder(ke)
genitive বন্ধুটার, বন্ধুটির
bondhuṭar (colloquial), bondhuṭir (formal)
বন্ধুদের
bondhuder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

বন্ধু m

  1. Bengali script form of bandhu

Declension[edit]