গহনা

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit গ্ৰহণ (grahaṇa). Cognate with Bengali গয়না (goẏna), Hindi गहना (gahnā).

Doublet of গ্ৰহণ (grohon).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɔ.ɦɔ.na/

Noun

গহনা • (gohona)

ornament, jewellery, embellishment

Derived terms

গহনা-গাঠৰি (gohona-gathori)
গহনাপাতি (gohnapati)

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit গ্ৰহণ (grahaṇa). Cognate with Assamese গহনা (gohona), Hindi गहना (gahnā). Doublet of গয়না (goẏna)

Pronunciation

(Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡɔhona/, [ɡɔhonaˑ]
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(Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡɔhona/, [ɡɔhonaˑ]

Noun

গহনা • (gohona)

ornament, embellishment
boat with multiple stops

Declension

	Indefinite forms
Inflection of গহনা
nominative	গহনা gôhóna
objective	গহনা / গহনাকে gôhóna (semantically general or indefinite) / gôhónake (semantically definite)
genitive	গহনার gôhónar
locative	গহনাতে / গহনায় gôhónate / gôhónaẏ
nominative	গহনা gôhóna
objective	গহনা / গহনাকে gôhóna (semantically general or indefinite) / gôhónake (semantically definite)
genitive	গহনার gôhónar
locative	গহনাতে / গহনায় gôhónate / gôhónaẏ

	Definite forms
	singular	plural
nominative	গহনাটি , গহনাটা gôhónaṭi, gôhónaṭa	গহনাগুলি, গহনাগুলা, গহনাগুলো gôhónaguli, gôhónagula, gôhónagulō
objective	গহনাটি, গহনাটা gôhónaṭi, gôhónaṭa	গহনাগুলি, গহনাগুলা, গহনাগুলো gôhónaguli, gôhónagula, gôhónagulō
genitive	গহনাটির, গহনাটার gôhónaṭir, gôhónaṭar	গহনাগুলির, গহনাগুলার, গহনাগুলোর gôhónagulir, gôhónagular, gôhónagulōr
locative	গহনাটিতে, গহনাটাতে, গহনাটায় gôhónaṭite, gôhónaṭate, gôhónaṭaẏ	গহনাগুলিতে, গহনাগুলাতে, গহনাগুলায়, গহনাগুলোতে gôhónagulite, gôhónagulate, gôhónagulaẏ, gôhónagulōte

Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

References

Subhasha Bhattacarya, Sailendra Biswas, Sailendra Biswas, and Jnanendramohana Dasa (2022) “গহনা”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Bengali Dictionaries]
Accessible Dictionary, গহনা, Government of Bangladesh