চাবোন

Assamese

Alternative forms

চাবন (sabon), ছাবোন (sabün)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *seyb-?

Proto-Germanic *saipǭbor.

Latin sāpōbor.

Ancient Greek σάπων (sápōn)bor.

Classical Syriac ܨܲܦ݁ܘܿܢܵܐbor.

Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn)bor.

Classical Persian (sābūn)bor.

Old Galician-Portuguese sabon

Portuguese sabãoinflu.?

Assamese চাবোন (sabün)

Borrowed from Classical Persian (sābūn), from Arabic صَابُون (ṣābūn).^[1] Possibly influenced by Portuguese sabão, from the same source.^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sa.bʊn/

Noun

চাবোন • (sabün)

soap

Declension

Inflection of চাবোন

	Indefinite forms	Definite forms
		numeral		non-numeral (plural)
		singular	plural	informal
absolutive	sabün	চাবোনটো sabüntü	চাবোনকেইটা sabünkeita	চাবোনবোৰ sabünbür	চাবোনবিলাক sabünbilak
ergative	চাবোনে sabüne	চাবোনটোৱে sabüntüe	চাবোনকেইটাই sabünkeitai	চাবোনবোৰে sabünbüre	চাবোনবিলাকে sabünbilake
accusative	চাবোনক sabünok	চাবোনটোক sabüntük	চাবোনকেইটাক sabünkeitak	চাবোনবোৰক sabünbürok	চাবোনবিলাকক sabünbilakok
genitive	চাবোনৰ sabünor	চাবোনটোৰ sabüntür	চাবোনকেইটাৰ sabünkeitar	চাবোনবোৰৰ sabünbüror	চাবোনবিলাকৰ sabünbilakor
dative	চাবোনলৈ sabünoloi	চাবোনটোলৈ sabüntüloi	চাবোনকেইটালৈ sabünkeitaloi	চাবোনবোৰলৈ sabünbüroloi	চাবোনবিলাকলৈ sabünbilakoloi
terminative	চাবোনলৈকে sabünoloike	চাবোনটোলৈকে sabüntüloike	চাবোনকেইটালৈকে sabünkeitaloike	চাবোনবোৰলৈকে sabünbüroloike	চাবোনবিলাকলৈকে sabünbilakoloike
instrumental	চাবোনেৰে sabünere	চাবোনটোৰে sabüntüre	চাবোনকেইটাৰে sabünkeitare	চাবোনবোৰেৰে sabünbürere	চাবোনবিলাকেৰে sabünbilakere
locative	চাবোনত sabünot	চাবোনটোত sabüntüt	চাবোনকেইটাত sabünkeitat	চাবোনবোৰত sabünbürot	চাবোনবিলাকত sabünbilakot

Accusative Note: -অক (-ok) is used for animate sense and for emphasis. No case marking otherwise. Dative Note 1: Some speakers use -অলৈ (-oloi)'s variant -অলে (-ole) instead. Dative Note 2: For direct objects -অক (-ok) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Dative Note 3: In some dialects -অক (-ok) or -অত (-ot) marks this case instead of -অলৈ (-oloi). Instrumental Note 1: Alternatively -এদি (-edi) marks this case instead of -এৰে (-ere). Instrumental Note 2: Sometimes -এ (-e) marks this case. Locative Note: The locative suffix is -এ (-e) in some cases.

References

^ “চাবোন”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.
^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 314, column 1

[1] “চাবোন”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.

[2] Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 314, column 1

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