ঋক্ষ

Bengali

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas

Sanskrit ऋक्ष (ṛkṣa)lbor.

Bengali ঋক্ষ (rikkho)

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ऋक्ष (ṛkṣa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /rikʰːo/, [ˈrikʰːoˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɹikʰːo/, [ɹikʰːoˑ]

Noun

ঋক্ষ • (rikkho)

1. bear

   Synonym: ভালুক (bhaluk)

Declension

Inflection of ঋক্ষ
nominative	ঋক্ষ rikkho
objective	ঋক্ষকে rikkhoke
genitive	ঋক্ষর rikkhor
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ঋক্ষ rikkho
objective	ঋক্ষকে rikkhoke
genitive	ঋক্ষর rikkhor
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ঋক্ষটা, ঋক্ষটি rikkhoṭa (colloquial), rikkhoṭi (formal)		ঋক্ষরা rikkhora
objective	ঋক্ষটাকে, ঋক্ষটিকে rikkhoṭake (colloquial), rikkhoṭike (formal)		ঋক্ষদের(কে) rikkhoder(ke)
genitive	ঋক্ষটার, ঋক্ষটির rikkhoṭar (colloquial), rikkhoṭir (formal)		ঋক্ষদের rikkhoder
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) “ঋক্ষ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]