মেঘ

Assamese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha, cloud). Doublet of মেহ (meh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛɡ/, /mɛɡʱ/

Noun

মেঘ • (megh)

  1. cloud
    Synonym: ডাৱৰ (dawor)
  2. dark cloud

Declension

Bengali

Alternative forms

  • মেগ (meg), ম্যাগ (mêg), ম্যাঘ (mêgh)pronunciation spelling

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit मेघ (megha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hmaygʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃moygʰós.

Pronunciation

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /meɡʱ/, [ˈmeɡ]
    Audio:(file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /meɡʱ/, [ˈmeɡ]
    Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɡʱ
  • Hyphenation: মেঘ

Noun

মেঘ • (megh)

  1. cloud
    Synonyms: বাদল (badol), জলদ (jolod), নীরদ (nirod)
  2. (Vanga) rain
    Synonym: বৃষ্টি (briśṭi)

Declension

indefinite forms
nominative মেঘ (megh)
objective মেঘ / মেঘকে (megh (semantically general or indefinite) / meghke (semantically definite))
genitive মেঘের (megher)
locative মেঘে (meghe)
definite forms
singular plural
nominative মেঘটা , মেঘটি (meghṭa (colloquial), meghṭi (formal)) মেঘগুলা, মেঘগুলো (meghgula (colloquial), meghgulo (formal))
objective মেঘটা, মেঘটি (meghṭa (colloquial), meghṭi (formal)) মেঘগুলা, মেঘগুলো (meghgula (colloquial), meghgulo (formal))
genitive মেঘটার, মেঘটির (meghṭar (colloquial), meghṭir (formal)) মেঘগুলার, মেঘগুলোর (meghgular (colloquial), meghgulor (formal))
locative মেঘটাতে / মেঘটায়, মেঘটিতে (meghṭate / meghṭay (colloquial), meghṭite (formal)) মেঘগুলাতে / মেঘগুলায়, মেঘগুলোতে (meghgulate / meghgulay (colloquial), meghgulote (formal))
Objective Note: In some dialects, -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

References

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

মেঘ m

  1. Bengali script form of megha

Declension