ঝোপ

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit क्षुप (kṣupa).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʱop/, [ˈd͡ʒʱop]

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• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /dʑʱop/, [ˈdʑʱop]

Noun

ঝোপ • (jhōp)

1. bush, thicket

   জ্বলন্ত ঝোপ ― jolonto jhōp ― burning bush (of Moses)

2. copse, coppice, underwood

Declension

Inflection of ঝোপ
nominative	ঝোপ jhop
objective	ঝোপ / ঝোপকে jhop (semantically general or indefinite) / jhopke (semantically definite)
genitive	ঝোপের jhoper
locative	ঝোপে jhope
	Indefinite forms
nominative	ঝোপ jhop
objective	ঝোপ / ঝোপকে jhop (semantically general or indefinite) / jhopke (semantically definite)
genitive	ঝোপের jhoper
locative	ঝোপে jhope
	Definite forms
	singular		plural
nominative	ঝোপটা , ঝোপটি jhopṭa (colloquial), jhopṭi (formal)		ঝোপগুলা, ঝোপগুলো jhopgula (colloquial), jhopgulo (formal)
objective	ঝোপটা, ঝোপটি jhopṭa (colloquial), jhopṭi (formal)		ঝোপগুলা, ঝোপগুলো jhopgula (colloquial), jhopgulo (formal)
genitive	ঝোপটার, ঝোপটির jhopṭar (colloquial), jhopṭir (formal)		ঝোপগুলার, ঝোপগুলোর jhopgular (colloquial), jhopgulor (formal)
locative	ঝোপটাতে / ঝোপটায়, ঝোপটিতে jhopṭate / jhopṭay (colloquial), jhopṭite (formal)		ঝোপগুলাতে / ঝোপগুলায়, ঝোপগুলোতে jhopgulate / jhopgulay (colloquial), jhopgulote (formal)
Objective Note: In some dialects -রে (-re) marks this case instead of -কে (-ke).

Derived terms

• ঝোপজঙ্গল (jhōpojoṅgol)

References

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