কোথায়
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Bengali
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit कुत्र (kutra, “where”), with the aspiration resulting from a conflation with থান (than, “place”), which was once used as a common locational suffix.[1] Compare Maithili कतय (katay).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Rarh) IPA(key): /kot̪ʰae̯/, [ˈkot̪ʰae̯]
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- (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kot̪ʰae̯/, [ˈkot̪ʰae̯]
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Pronoun
[edit]কোথায় • (kōthaẏ)
References
[edit]- ^ Haughton, Graves C. (1833) “কোথায়”, in A Dictionary, Bengálí and Sanskrit, Explained in English, and Adapted for Students of Either Language, London: J. L. Cox & Son, page 806