জেঠা
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Assamese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- জেঠু (zethu)
Etymology
[edit]A compound of জেঠী (zethi, “aunt”) + -আ (-a, masculine suffix). The first element is ultimately from Sanskrit ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha, “excellent, first; elder brother”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]জেঠা • (zetha)
- uncle (husband of father or mother's elder sister)
- (Muslim dialects) uncle (father's elder brother)
- Synonym: বৰদেউতা (bordeuta)
Relationship declension
[edit]Conjugation forms of জেঠা
| Person | Cases | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | accusative | dative | terminative | genitive | locative | ||||
| 1st | মোৰ (mür, “my”), আমাৰ (amar, “our”) | জেঠা zetha |
জেঠাক zethak |
জেঠালৈ zethaloi |
জেঠালৈকে zethaloike |
জেঠাৰ zethar |
জেঠাত zethat | ||
| 2nd | very familiar; inferior |
তোৰ (tür, “your”), তহঁতৰ (tohõtor, “your(pl)”) | জেঠাৰ zethar |
জেঠাৰক zetharok |
জেঠাৰলৈ zetharoloi |
জেঠাৰলৈকে zetharoloike |
জেঠাৰৰ zetharor |
জেঠাৰত zetharot | |
| familiar | তোমাৰ (tümar, “your”), তোমালোকৰ (tümalükor, “your(pl)”) | জেঠাৰা zethara |
জেঠাৰাক zetharak |
জেঠাৰালৈ zetharaloi |
জেঠাৰালৈকে zetharaloike |
জেঠাৰাৰ zetharar |
জেঠাৰাত zetharat | ||
| formal | আপোনাৰ (apünar, “your”), আপোনালোকৰ (apünalükor, “your(pl)”) | জেঠাক zethak |
জেঠাকক zethakok |
জেঠাকলৈ zethakoloi |
জেঠাকলৈকে zethakoloike |
জেঠাকৰ zethakor |
জেঠাকত zethakot | ||
| 3rd | তাৰ (tar, “his”), তাইৰ (tair, “her”), সিহঁতৰ (xihõtor, “their”), তেওঁৰ (teü̃r, “his/her(frm)”) etc | ||||||||