পাঠক

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पाठक (pāṭhaka). By surface analysis, পাঠ (paṭh) +‎ -ক (-ok).

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /paʈʰɔk/, [ˈpaʈʰɔk]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /patʰɔk/, [ˈpatʰɔk]

Noun

পাঠক • (paṭhok)

  1. reader
  2. student, pupil
  3. reciter
  4. (religion) reader, reciter from scriptures
  5. a professional narrator of mythological stories
  6. teacher, university reader

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative পাঠক (paṭhok)
objective পাঠককে (paṭhok (semantically general or indefinite) / paṭhokke (semantically definite))
genitive পাঠকের (paṭhoker)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative পাঠকটা, পাঠকটি (paṭhokṭa (colloquial), paṭhokṭi (formal)) পাঠকেরা (paṭhokera)
objective পাঠকটাকে, পাঠকটিকে (paṭhokṭake (colloquial), paṭhokṭike (formal)) পাঠকদের(কে) (paṭhokder(ke))
genitive পাঠকটার, পাঠকটির (paṭhokṭar (colloquial), paṭhokṭir (formal)) পাঠকদের (paṭhokder)
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

  • Biswas, Sailendra (2000) “পাঠ”, in Samsad Bengali-English dictionary, 3rd edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad, →OCLC.
  • Dāsa, Jñānendramohana (1937-1938) “পাঠ”, in Bāṅgālā bhāshāra abhidhāna (in Bengali), 2nd edition, Kalikata: Indian Publishing House, →OCLC.
  • Bhaṭṭācārya, Subhāsha (2003) “পাঠ”, in Saṁsada Bāṁlā uccāraṇa abhidhāna, 2nd edition, Kalikata: Sāhitya Saṃsada, →OCLC.
  • Biswas, Sailendra (2004) “পাঠ”, in সংসদ বাংলা অভিধান, 7th edition, Calcutta: Sahitya Samsad.
  • “পাঠক”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
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