গাব

Bengali

দেশি গাব

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit গালৱ (gālava). Compare Hindi गालव (gālav).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ɡab/, [ɡab]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ɡab/, [ɡab]

Noun

গাব • (gab)

1. gaub, various ebony and persimmon species (Diospyros)

   Synonyms: তিন্দু (tindu), তিন্দুক (tinduk)

2. fruit of such Diospyros species, such as the velvet apple
3. (in particular) Malabar ebony (Diospyros malabarica)

   Synonym: দেশি গাব (deśi gab)

4. lodhra (Symplocos racemosa)

   Synonym: লোধ্র (lōdhro)

Declension

Inflection of গাব
nominative	গাব gab
objective	গাব / গাবকে gab (semantically general or indefinite) / gabke (semantically definite)
genitive	গাবের gaber
locative	গাবে gabe
	Indefinite forms
nominative	গাব gab
objective	গাব / গাবকে gab (semantically general or indefinite) / gabke (semantically definite)
genitive	গাবের gaber
locative	গাবে gabe
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	গাবটা , গাবটি gabṭa (colloquial), gabṭi (formal)		গাবগুলা, গাবগুলো gabgula (colloquial), gabgulo (formal)
objective	গাবটা, গাবটি gabṭa (colloquial), gabṭi (formal)		গাবগুলা, গাবগুলো gabgula (colloquial), gabgulo (formal)
genitive	গাবটার, গাবটির gabṭar (colloquial), gabṭir (formal)		গাবগুলার, গাবগুলোর gabgular (colloquial), gabgulor (formal)
locative	গাবটাতে / গাবটায়, গাবটিতে gabṭate / gabṭay (colloquial), gabṭite (formal)		গাবগুলাতে / গাবগুলায়, গাবগুলোতে gabgulate / gabgulay (colloquial), gabgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• উড়ীগাব (uṛigab)
• দেশি গাব (deśi gab)
• বনগাব (bongab)
• বিলাতি গাব (bilati gab)

 

References

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