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কোথায়

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Bengali

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Etymology

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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

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  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kot̪ʰae̯/, [ˈkot̪ʰae̯]
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  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kot̪ʰae̯/, [ˈkot̪ʰae̯]
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Pronoun

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কোথায় (kōthaẏ)

  1. where
    তুমি কোথায়?tumi kothaẏ?Where are you?

References

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  1. ^ 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