কাকতালীয়

Bengali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit কাকতালীয় (kākatālīẏa). By surface analysis, কাক (kak) +‎ -তালীয় (-taliẏo). Compare Assamese কাক-তালীয় (kak-talio), Odia କାକତାଳୀୟ (kākatāḷiya), Hindi काकतालीय (kāktālīya).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kakt̪ali̯o/, [ˈkakt̪ali̯oˑ], /kakot̪ali̯o/, [ˈkakot̪ali̯oˑ]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kakt̪ali̯o/, [ˈkakt̪ali̯oˑ], /kakot̪ali̯o/, [ˈkakot̪ali̯oˑ]

Adjective

কাকতালীয় • (kaktaliẏo)

1. apparently linked but in actual fact coincidental
2. successive but not connected by causation

   কাকতালীয় ন্যায় ― kaktaliẏo nêẏ ― post hoc ergo propter hoc

References

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