কোকিল

See also: কোয়েল and কাওয়া

Bengali

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin, mimicking the male bird's mating cry. Cognate with Assamese কুলি (kuli).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kokil/, [ˈkokil]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kokil/, [ˈkokil]

Noun

কোকিল • (kōkil)

1. cuckoo

Inflection

Inflection of কোকিল
nominative	কোকিল kōkil
objective	কোকিলকে kōkil (semantically general or indefinite) / kōkilke (semantically definite)
genitive	কোকিলের kōkiler
	Indefinite forms
nominative	কোকিল kōkil
objective	কোকিলকে kōkil (semantically general or indefinite) / kōkilke (semantically definite)
genitive	কোকিলের kōkiler
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	কোকিলটা, কোকিলটি kōkilṭa (colloquial), kōkilṭi (formal)		কোকিলেরা kōkilera
objective	কোকিলটাকে, কোকিলটিকে kōkilṭake (colloquial), kōkilṭike (formal)		কোকিলদের(কে) kōkilder(ke)
genitive	কোকিলটার, কোকিলটির kōkilṭar (colloquial), kōkilṭir (formal)		কোকিলদের kōkilder
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).