এলাচ

Bengali

Alternative forms

• এলাচি (elaci)

Etymology

Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit, likely from a palatalized velar variant of a Dravidian word, ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *ēlV-kkāy (“cardamom”), or from another substrate. Compare Sylheti ꠄꠟꠣꠁꠌ (elais), Assamese ইলাচি (ilasi), Odia ଅଳେଇଚ (aḷeica), Hindustani الائچی / इलायची (ilāycī), Nepali अलैंची (alaiñcī), Tamil ஏலக்காய் (ēlakkāy), Malayalam ഏലക്ക (ēlakka), Telugu ఏలకి (ēlaki).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /elat͡ʃ/, [ˈelat͡ʃ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /elatɕ/, [ˈelatɕ]

Noun

এলাচ • (elac)

1. (spice) cardamom, elaichi
2. (botany) cardamom

Declension

Inflection of এলাচ
nominative	এলাচ elac
objective	এলাচ / এলাচকে elac (semantically general or indefinite) / elacke (semantically definite)
genitive	এলাচের elacer
locative	এলাচে elace
	Indefinite forms
nominative	এলাচ elac
objective	এলাচ / এলাচকে elac (semantically general or indefinite) / elacke (semantically definite)
genitive	এলাচের elacer
locative	এলাচে elace
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	এলাচটা , এলাচটি elacṭa (colloquial), elacṭi (formal)		এলাচগুলা, এলাচগুলো elacgula (colloquial), elacgulo (formal)
objective	এলাচটা, এলাচটি elacṭa (colloquial), elacṭi (formal)		এলাচগুলা, এলাচগুলো elacgula (colloquial), elacgulo (formal)
genitive	এলাচটার, এলাচটির elacṭar (colloquial), elacṭir (formal)		এলাচগুলার, এলাচগুলোর elacgular (colloquial), elacgulor (formal)
locative	এলাচটাতে / এলাচটায়, এলাচটিতে elacṭate / elacṭay (colloquial), elacṭite (formal)		এলাচগুলাতে / এলাচগুলায়, এলাচগুলোতে elacgulate / elacgulay (colloquial), elacgulote (formal)
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) “এলাচ”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
• Accessible Dictionary, Bengali-English, এলাচ, Government of Bangladesh