কাঁকড়া

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Bengali

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a red crab on sand
কাঁকড়া

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Bengali কাংকডা (kāṃkaḍā), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (kakkaḍa) with nasalization, from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa, crab). Cognate with Kamta কাঁকৰা (kãkora), Assamese কেঁকোৰা (kẽküra), Sylheti ꠇꠣꠇꠠꠣ (xaxoṛa), Odia କାଂକଡ଼ା (kāṅkaṛā), କାକାଡ଼ା (kākāṛā), Hindi केकड़ा (kekṛā). Similar nasalization to the first syllable when the last syllable is "ড়া" (formerly "ডা") occurs in পিঁপড়া (pĩpṛa, ant) and coordinate terms in other Eastern Indo-Aryan languages, probably due to non-Aryan local transformation. Doublet of কর্কট (korkoṭ), a tatsama.

Pronunciation

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kãkɽa/, [ˈkãkɽaˑ], /kãkɾa/, [ˈkãkɾaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kakɹa/, [ˈkakɹaˑ]
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  • Rhymes: -ɹa
  • Hyphenation: কাঁ‧ক‧ড়া

Noun

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কাঁকড়া (kãkṛa)

  1. crab
    এখানে বেশি কাঁকড়া নেই।
    ekhane beśi kãkṛa nei.
    There aren't a lot of crabs here.

Inflection

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Inflection of কাঁকড়া
nominative কাঁকড়া
kãkṛa
objective কাঁকড়াকে
kãkṛake
genitive কাঁকড়ার
kãkṛar
Indefinite forms
nominative কাঁকড়া
kãkṛa
objective কাঁকড়াকে
kãkṛake
genitive কাঁকড়ার
kãkṛar
Definite forms
singular plural
nominative কাঁকড়াটা, কাঁকড়াটি
kãkṛaṭa (colloquial), kãkṛaṭi (formal)
কাঁকড়ারা
kãkṛara
objective কাঁকড়াটাকে, কাঁকড়াটিকে
kãkṛaṭake (colloquial), kãkṛaṭike (formal)
কাঁকড়াদের(কে)
kãkṛader(ke)
genitive কাঁকড়াটার, কাঁকড়াটির
kãkṛaṭar (colloquial), kãkṛaṭir (formal)
কাঁকড়াদের
kãkṛader
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).