খাঁড়ি

Bengali

Alternative forms

• খাড়ি (khaṛi)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑀸𑀟 (*khāḍa). Cognate with Gujarati ખાડી (khāḍī) and Hindi खाड़ी (khāṛī).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /kʰãɽi/, [ˈkʰãɽiˑ], /kʰãɾi/, [ˈkʰãɾiˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /kʰaɹi/, [ˈkʰaɹiˑ]

Noun

খাঁড়ি • (khãṛi)

1. estuary, inlet, creek

Declension

Inflection of খাঁড়ি
nominative	খাঁড়ি khãṛi
objective	খাঁড়ি / খাঁড়িকে khãṛi (semantically general or indefinite) / khãṛike (semantically definite)
genitive	খাঁড়ির khãṛir
locative	খাঁড়িতে / খাঁড়িয় khãṛite / khãṛiẏ
	Indefinite forms
nominative	খাঁড়ি khãṛi
objective	খাঁড়ি / খাঁড়িকে khãṛi (semantically general or indefinite) / khãṛike (semantically definite)
genitive	খাঁড়ির khãṛir
locative	খাঁড়িতে / খাঁড়িয় khãṛite / khãṛiẏ
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	খাঁড়িটি , খাঁড়িটা khãṛiṭi, khãṛiṭa		খাঁড়িগুলি, খাঁড়িগুলা, খাঁড়িগুলো khãṛiguli, khãṛigula, khãṛigulō
objective	খাঁড়িটি, খাঁড়িটা khãṛiṭi, khãṛiṭa		খাঁড়িগুলি, খাঁড়িগুলা, খাঁড়িগুলো khãṛiguli, khãṛigula, khãṛigulō
genitive	খাঁড়িটির, খাঁড়িটার khãṛiṭir, khãṛiṭar		খাঁড়িগুলির, খাঁড়িগুলার, খাঁড়িগুলোর khãṛigulir, khãṛigular, khãṛigulōr
locative	খাঁড়িটিতে, খাঁড়িটাতে, খাঁড়িটায় khãṛiṭite, khãṛiṭate, khãṛiṭaẏ		খাঁড়িগুলিতে, খাঁড়িগুলাতে, খাঁড়িগুলায়, খাঁড়িগুলোতে khãṛigulite, khãṛigulate, khãṛigulaẏ, khãṛigulōte
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

References

• Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “খাঁড়ি”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*khāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press