অপহরণ

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अपहरण (apaharaṇa).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɔpohɔɾon/, [ˈɔpohɔɾon]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɔpohɔɹon/, [ˈɔpohɔɹon]

Noun

অপহরণ • (ophoron)

1. kidnap, abduction
2. theft
3. plunder, loot
4. misappropriation

   অপহরণ করা ― op'horon kora ― to abduct, loot, pilfer, carry off

Declension

Inflection of অপহরণ
nominative	অপহরণ ôpóhôrón
objective	অপহরণ / অপহরণকে ôpóhôrón (semantically general or indefinite) / ôpóhôrónke (semantically definite)
genitive	অপহরণের ôpóhôróner
locative	অপহরণে ôpóhôróne
	Indefinite forms
nominative	অপহরণ ôpóhôrón
objective	অপহরণ / অপহরণকে ôpóhôrón (semantically general or indefinite) / ôpóhôrónke (semantically definite)
genitive	অপহরণের ôpóhôróner
locative	অপহরণে ôpóhôróne
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	অপহরণটা , অপহরণটি ôpóhôrónṭa (colloquial), ôpóhôrónṭi (formal)		অপহরণগুলা, অপহরণগুলো ôpóhôróngula (colloquial), ôpóhôróngulo (formal)
objective	অপহরণটা, অপহরণটি ôpóhôrónṭa (colloquial), ôpóhôrónṭi (formal)		অপহরণগুলা, অপহরণগুলো ôpóhôróngula (colloquial), ôpóhôróngulo (formal)
genitive	অপহরণটার, অপহরণটির ôpóhôrónṭar (colloquial), ôpóhôrónṭir (formal)		অপহরণগুলার, অপহরণগুলোর ôpóhôróngular (colloquial), ôpóhôróngulor (formal)
locative	অপহরণটাতে / অপহরণটায়, অপহরণটিতে ôpóhôrónṭate / ôpóhôrónṭay (colloquial), ôpóhôrónṭite (formal)		অপহরণগুলাতে / অপহরণগুলায়, অপহরণগুলোতে ôpóhôróngulate / ôpóhôróngulay (colloquial), ôpóhôróngulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• অপহারক (op'harok)
• অপহৃত (opohrito)

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “অপহরণ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• “অপহরণ”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.