ইতস্তত

Bengali

Alternative forms

• ইতস্ততঃ (itostotoḥ)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ইতস্ততঃ (itastataḥ). Compare Assamese ইতস্ততঃ (itostotoh), Odia ଇତସ୍ତତ (itastata), Hindi इतस्ततः (itastataḥ).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /it̪ɔst̪ɔt̪o/, [ˈit̪ɔst̪ɔt̪oˑ], /it̪ost̪ot̪o/, [ˈit̪ost̪ot̪oˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /it̪ɔst̪ɔt̪o/, [ˈit̪ɔst̪ɔt̪oˑ], /it̪ost̪ot̪o/, [ˈit̪ost̪ot̪oˑ]

Adverb

ইতস্তত • (itostoto)

1. here and there, hither and thither
2. on all sides, in all places
3. irregularly

Noun

ইতস্তত • (itostoto)

1. hesitation, indecision

   Synonym: দ্বিধা (didha)

2. stammer

   ইতস্তত করা ― itostot kora ― to hesitate, to procrastinate, to dilly-dally

Declension

Inflection of ইতস্তত
nominative	ইতস্তত itostotô
objective	ইতস্তত / ইতস্ততকে itostoto (semantically general or indefinite) / itostotoke (semantically definite)
genitive	ইতস্ততের itostoter
locative	ইতস্ততে itostote
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ইতস্তত itostotô
objective	ইতস্তত / ইতস্ততকে itostoto (semantically general or indefinite) / itostotoke (semantically definite)
genitive	ইতস্ততের itostoter
locative	ইতস্ততে itostote
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ইতস্ততটি, ইতস্ততটা itostotôṭi, itostotôṭa		ইতস্ততগুলি, ইতস্ততগুলা, ইতস্ততগুলো itostotoguli, itostotogula, itostotogulō
objective	ইতস্ততটি, ইতস্ততটা itostotôṭi, itostotôṭa		ইতস্ততগুলি, ইতস্ততগুলা, ইতস্ততগুলো itostotoguli, itostotogula, itostotogulō
genitive	ইতস্ততটির, ইতস্ততটার itostotoṭir, itostotoṭar		ইতস্ততগুলির, ইতস্ততগুলার, ইতস্ততগুলোর itostotogulir, itostotogular, itostotogulōr
locative	ইতস্ততটিতে, ইতস্ততটাতে, ইতস্ততটায় itostotoṭite, itostotoṭate, itostotoṭaẏ		ইতস্ততগুলিতে, ইতস্ততগুলাতে, ইতস্ততগুলায়, ইতস্ততগুলোতে itostotogulite, itostotogulate, itostotogulaẏ, itostotogulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

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