কাঁকড়া

Bengali

কাঁকড়া

Etymology

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

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kãkɽa/, [ˈkãkɽaˑ], /kãkɾa/, [ˈkãkɾaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kakɹa/, [ˈkakɹaˑ]

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• Rhymes: -ɹa
• Hyphenation: কাঁ‧ক‧ড়া

Noun

কাঁকড়া • (kãkṛa)

1. crab

   এখানে বেশি কাঁকড়া নেই।

   ekhane beśi kãkṛa nei.

   There aren't a lot of crabs here.

Inflection

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).