কাউন

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • কাওন (kaōn)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit কঙ্গুনী (kaṅgunī), itself a variant of কঙ্গু (kaṅgu). Cognate with Assamese কণী-ধান (koni-dhan), Hindi कांगणी (kāṅgṇī), Punjabi ਕਂਗਣੀ (kaṅgṇī).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kau̯n/, [ˈkau̯n]

Noun

কাউন • (kaun)

  1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Inflection

indefinite forms
nominative কাউন (kaun)
objective কাউন / কাউনকে (kaun (semantically general or indefinite) / kaunke (semantically definite))
genitive কাউনের (kauner)
locative কাউনে (kaune)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative কাউনটা , কাউনটি (kaunṭa (colloquial), kaunṭi (formal)) কাউনগুলা, কাউনগুলো (kaungula (colloquial), kaungulo (formal))
objective কাউনটা, কাউনটি (kaunṭa (colloquial), kaunṭi (formal)) কাউনগুলা, কাউনগুলো (kaungula (colloquial), kaungulo (formal))
genitive কাউনটার, কাউনটির (kaunṭar (colloquial), kaunṭir (formal)) কাউনগুলার, কাউনগুলোর (kaungular (colloquial), kaungulor (formal))
locative কাউনটাতে / কাউনটায়, কাউনটিতে (kaunṭate / kaunṭay (colloquial), kaunṭite (formal)) কাউনগুলাতে / কাউনগুলায়, কাউনগুলোতে (kaungulate / kaungulay (colloquial), kaungulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

  • Accessible Dictionary, কাউন Government of Bangladesh